State (SPE Lokayukt) v. Munnalal Rajak, Special Criminal Case No. 07/2002 (Cr.A. No. 1976/2003)
The Special Judge (PC Act), Jabalpur, on 12 November 2003 convicted Constable Munnalal Rajak of PS Majhgawan for demanding Rs 2,000 from agriculturist a Jabalpur resident to let him off an inquiry (threatening jail if unpaid by 7 June 2001), caught in a Lokayukta trap; he drew 1 year RI under s.7 and 2 years RI under s.13(1)(d)/13(2). The MP High Court (Jabalpur, Cr.A. 1976/2003, January 2011) partly allowed the appeal: convictions and fines affirmed, but the s.13 custodial term reduced from 2 years to the 1-year statutory minimum.
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 12 November 2003, the Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act), Jabalpur convicted the Munnalal Rajak (Constable).
- Register number
- MP 20 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Special Criminal Case No. 07/2002; reported in the judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
- Court and date
- The Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act), Jabalpur, 12 November 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Munnalal Rajak (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)
- “The impugned convictions and the fine sentences are hereby affirmed.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs 1,000 fine (s.7); 2 years RI + Rs 1,000 fine (s.13(1)(d)/13(2)), 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 (Prevention of Corruption Act), Jabalpur convicted the accused police personnel on 12 November 2003. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs 1,000 fine (s.7); 2 years RI + Rs 1,000 fine (s.13(1)(d)/13(2)), concurrent
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w 13(2)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text