State (V&AC Kanniyakumari, Crime No.9/2005) v. S. Soosai Michael (HC) — Special Case No.5 of 2007
The Nagercoil Special Judge-cum-CJM on 26 April 2019 convicted Head Constable S. Soosai Michael of Thuckalay police station for demanding a Rs.350 bribe on 16 November 2005 to file a passport verification report, catching him in a V&AC trap (Crime No.9/2005), and sentenced him to 3 years RI with Rs.5,000 fine on each count under PC Act ss.7 and 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) concurrently. The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench, Justice G. Ilangovan, pronounced 10 January 2025) dismissed his appeal (Crl.A(MD)No.230 of 2019), sustained the conviction, but reduced the punishment to one year RI for each offence.
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
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By judgment dated 26 April 2019, the Special Judge-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagercoil convicted the S. Soosai Michael (Head Constable).
- Register number
- TN 74 CW 0006
- Case reference
- Special Case No.5 of 2007
- Court and date
- The Special Judge-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagercoil, 26 April 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time
- S. Soosai Michael (Head Constable)
- 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)
- “For all the reasons stated above, this criminal appeal is dismissed. But however, the punishment imposed on the appellant is reduced to one year RI for each offence.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Trial court: 3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine (9 months SI default) for each offence, concurrent. On appeal: conviction sustained, sentence reduced to 1 year RI per offence, concurrent
- Present status of the proceedings
- The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Special Judge-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagercoil convicted the accused police personnel on 26 April 2019. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Trial court: 3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine (9 months SI default) for each offence, concurrent. On appeal: conviction sustained, sentence reduced to 1 year RI per offence, concurrent.
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text