# State (V&AC Tiruchy, Crime No.15/2002) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Head Constable (A1)

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Trial-court conviction (Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchirappalli (Special Court); Special Court (ACB)). Convicted 22 November 2007. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

The CJM Tiruchirappalli on 22 November 2007 convicted Head Constable of Thottiam police station (A1) for accepting a Rs.2,000 bribe in a 12 August 2002 V&AC trap to issue a Motor Vehicle Inspector requisition letter and release a van driver on bail after a road accident, while acquitting SI and HC for want of proof the money was for them (SSI died during trial). Tainted notes were recovered from \[name withheld\]'s uniform pocket with positive phenolphthalein tests. The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench, Justice G. Jayachandran) on 14 September 2018 dismissed the appeal pursued by his widow \[name withheld\] (Crl.A(MD)No.630 of 2007) and confirmed the conviction and sentence.

## Report card

By judgment dated 22 November 2007, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchirappalli (Special Court) convicted the Head Constable (A1), Thottiam Police Station, Tiruchirappalli District.

- Register number: TN 45 CW 0003
- Case reference: Spl. Case No.6 of 2003
- Court and date: The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchirappalli (Special Court), 22 November 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable (A1), Thottiam Police Station, Tiruchirappalli District
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the result, this Criminal Appeal is dismissed and the Judgment and sentence dated 22.11.2007 passed in Spl. Case No.6 of 2003 by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchirappalli are confirmed.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Convicted and sentenced 22.11.2007 (quantum not restated in appellate judgment). Co-accused SI (A2) and HC (A4) acquitted by trial court; SSI (A3) died during trial (charge abated)
- Present status of the proceedings: The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/15856771/); [Appellate judgment](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/15856771/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w2-04-011)

## At a glance

- Category: Bribery & extortion
- Sub-category: bribery pc act
- Location: Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
- Officers: Head Constable (A1), Thottiam Police Station, Tiruchirappalli District
- Sentence: Convicted and sentenced 22.11.2007 (quantum not restated in appellate judgment). Co-accused SI (A2) and HC (A4) acquitted by trial court; SSI (A3) died during trial (charge abated).
- Verification: V1 · Trial court