State (VACB) vs A. Sasidharan — CC No.21/2002 (Rs 300 bribe to drop name from Crime 17/99 accused array)
The Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram convicted Venjaramoodu head constable A. Sasidharan in CC 21/2002 on 21-02-2005 for demanding Rs 500 from a Thiruvananthapuram resident on 08-03-1999 to delete his name from the accused array in Crime 17/99 and accepting Rs 300 in tainted currency in a VACB trap on 10-03-1999, sentencing him to one year RI on each PC Act count with Rs 3,000 and Rs 5,000 fines. The Kerala High Court (Crl.A.446/2005, 05-11-2007) confirmed the conviction, and the Supreme Court (Crl.A.952/2008, CJI H.L. Dattu with Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy, 13-08-2015) dismissed the appeal holding the High Court order suffered from no infirmity, directing the police authorities to take him into custody to serve the remaining sentence.
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By judgment dated 13 August 2015, the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram convicted the A. Sasidharan (Head Constable).
- Register number
- KL 01 CW 0007
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal No.952 of 2008; HC Crl.A.No.446 of 2005; trial C.C.No.21 of 2002 (Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram); reported in the judgment of the Supreme Court of India
- Court and date
- The Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram, 13 August 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time
- A. Sasidharan (Head Constable)
- 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)
- “We are of the considered opinion that the judgment and order passed by the High Court does not suffer from any infirmity whatsoever and does not require our interference. Accordingly, the appeal stands dismissed.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs 3,000 fine (s.7); 1 year RI + Rs 5,000 fine (s.13), 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.
Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram convicted the accused police personnel on 13 August 2015. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs 3,000 fine (s.7); 1 year RI + Rs 5,000 fine (s.13), concurrent
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