Balasore Vigilance trap case of 01.12.2014 (IIC Baria PS bribery)
The Special Vigilance Court, Keonjhar (Judge Rashmita Dalei) convicted retired Sub-Inspector, former IIC of Baria police station, for demanding and accepting bribes totalling Rs.11,000 from complainant [name withheld] to dilute a dowry-torture case against him; Swain was trapped accepting Rs.6,000 on the police station premises on 1 December 2014. The court sentenced him to 4 years rigorous imprisonment with a Rs.3,000 fine after examining 15 witnesses and the Vigilance probe report.
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 September 2023, the Special Vigilance Court, Keonjhar (Judge Rashmita Dalei) convicted the Sub-Inspector (Retired; former IIC, Baria Police Station), Baria Police Station (retired from Nandipada Police Station, Keonjhar); native of Balipadar, Bhanjanagar, Ganjam.
- Register number
- OD 09 CW 0003
- Case reference
- Balasore Vigilance trap case of 01.12.2014 (CRLA No.1088/2023 on appeal)
- Court and date
- The Special Vigilance Court, Keonjhar (Judge Rashmita Dalei), 29 September 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector (Retired; former IIC, Baria Police Station), Baria Police Station (retired from Nandipada Police Station, Keonjhar); native of Balipadar, Bhanjanagar, Ganjam
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “A special Vigilance court sentenced a retired police official to four years of imprisonment after convicting him for accepting bribe here, Friday.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 4 years rigorous imprisonment and fine Rs.3,000 (in default further 2 months imprisonment)
- Present status of the proceedings
- No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Special Vigilance Court, Keonjhar (Judge Rashmita Dalei) convicted the accused police personnel on 29 September 2023. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 4 years rigorous imprisonment and fine Rs.3,000 (in default further 2 months imprisonment)
Sections: PC Act 1988
Appeal status
No appeal known.