# State by Police Inspector, ACB, Bengaluru Urban vs Bengaluru Urban Police Police Sub-Inspector

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Trial-court conviction (XXIII Additional City Civil and Sessions Court and Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru (CCH-24); Special Court (ACB)). Convicted 16 March 2022. Appeal status: No appeal known.

## Summary

The XXIII Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru (CCH-24, Lakshminarayana Bhat K.) in Spl.C.C.No.221/2021 on 16 March 2022 convicted PSI of BMTF police station under Sec.7(a) of the amended Prevention of Corruption Act for demanding Rs 1,25,000 — negotiated to Rs 70,000 — from site owner \[name withheld\] (PW-3) in a BMTF-notice/compound-wall matter at Arehally, receiving Rs 20,000 through contract clerk Chetan K.N. on 2 November 2018 (audio/video recorded) and trapped by ACB police after the 7 November 2018 complaint with the Rs 50,000 balance recovered from the clerk. He was sentenced to the 3-year statutory minimum SI with a Rs 25,000 fine; the clerk was convicted of abetment (Sec.12). The court also ordered a Sec.193 IPC show-cause case against PW-3 for false evidence.

## Report card

By judgment dated 16 March 2022, the XXIII Additional City Civil and Sessions Court and Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru (CCH-24) convicted the Police Sub-Inspector, BMTF Police Station, Bengaluru.

- Register number: KA 01 CW 0024
- Case reference: Spl.C.C.No.221/2021
- Court and date: The XXIII Additional City Civil and Sessions Court and Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru (CCH-24), 16 March 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Sub-Inspector, BMTF Police Station, Bengaluru
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Acting under Section 248(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, the accused No.1 is convicted of the offence punishable under Sections 7(a) of The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 3 years SI + Rs 25,000 fine (in default 3 months SI); Rs 50,000 trap cash (MO.9) confiscated to \[name withheld\] (co-accused clerk Chetan K.N.: 3 years SI + Rs 5,000 fine under Sec.12)
- Present status of the proceedings: No appeal is known from the cited sources.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/149848162/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w2-05-021)

## At a glance

- Category: Bribery & extortion
- Sub-category: bribery pc act
- Location: Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
- Officers: Police Sub-Inspector, BMTF Police Station, Bengaluru
- Sentence: 3 years SI + Rs 25,000 fine (in default 3 months SI); Rs 50,000 trap cash (MO.9) confiscated to \[name withheld\] (co-accused clerk Chetan K.N.: 3 years SI + Rs 5,000 fine under Sec.12)
- Verification: V2 · Trial court