State (V&AC , Crime No.14 of 2000) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Head Constable
The CJM/Special Judge, Tiruchirappalli on 29 November 2007 convicted Head Constable of the Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Thiruverumbur Unit, for demanding a monthly mamool of Rs.1,000 from reformed brewer a Tiruchirappalli man under threat of foisting a prohibition case (including booking him as an absconding accused in Cr.No.2243/2000) and accepting Rs.1,000 in a 10 December 2000 V&AC trap at his house, sentencing him to 1 year RI with fine on each count under PC Act ss.7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2). The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench, Justice G. Jayachandran) on 5 September 2018 dismissed his appeal (Crl.A(MD)No.660/2007), holding demand, acceptance and recovery proved beyond doubt, confirmed the conviction and sentence, and ordered him committed to prison.
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 29 November 2007, the Chief Judicial Magistrate/Special Judge, Tiruchirappalli convicted the Head Constable, Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Thiruverumbur Unit, Tiruchirappalli District.
- Register number
- TN 45 CW 0009
- Case reference
- Crl.A.(MD)No.660 of 2007; reported in the judgment of the Madras High Court
- Court and date
- The Chief Judicial Magistrate/Special Judge, Tiruchirappalli, 29 November 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable, Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Thiruverumbur Unit, Tiruchirappalli District
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “In the result, this Criminal Appeal is dismissed and the conviction and sentence dated 29.11.2007 passed in Spl.Case No.2 of 2002 by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Special Judge, [name withheld] are confirmed.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs.1,000 fine (3 months RI default) under each count. Rs.1,000 tainted money recovered after accused threw it in a bush on seeing trap team; phenolphthalein-positive on hands and shirt pocket
- 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.
Chief Judicial Magistrate/Special Judge, Tiruchirappalli convicted the accused police personnel on 29 November 2007. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs.1,000 fine (3 months RI default) under each count. Rs.1,000 tainted money recovered after accused threw it in a bush on seeing trap team; phenolphthalein-positive on hands and shirt pocket.
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text