VACB Malappuram trap of 28-08-2009 (Rs 500 motor-vehicle-release bribe; VC case, CC number not stated)
Kerala VACB’s official press note dated 29-09-2019 records that former Head Constable of Kokkal Police Station (Malappuram) was sentenced by the Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Kozhikode to 2 years’ rigorous imprisonment with Rs 10,000 fine for demanding Rs 500 from a Malappuram man of Malappuram on 28-08-2009 to release his motorcycle seized in a motor-vehicle case, caught the same day in the Malappuram VACB unit trap laid by DYSP P. Abdul Hameed (investigation: former Inspector of Police K.L. Radhakrishnan, Malappuram VACB unit; prosecution: Additional Legal Advisor C.[name withheld]).
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 2019, the Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Kozhikode convicted the Head Constable (former), Kokkal Police Station, Malappuram, Kerala Police.
- Register number
- KL 10 CW 0002
- Case reference
- VACB Malappuram trap of 28-08-2009 (Rs 500 motor-vehicle-release bribe; VC case, CC number not stated); reported in the judgment of the Kerala High Court
- Court and date
- The Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Kozhikode, 29 September 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable (former), Kokkal Police Station, Malappuram, Kerala Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Facts in brief
- Kerala VACB’s official press note dated 29-09-2019 records that former Head Constable of Kokkal Police Station (Malappuram) was sentenced by the Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Kozhikode to 2 years’ rigorous imprisonment with Rs 10,000 fine for demanding Rs 500 from a Malappuram man of Malappuram on 28-08-2009 to release his motorcycle seized in a motor-vehicle case, caught the same day in the Malappuram VACB unit trap laid by DYSP P. Abdul Hameed (investigation: former Inspector of Police K.L. Radhakrishnan, Malappuram VACB unit; prosecution: Additional Legal Advisor C.[name withheld]).
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 2 years rigorous imprisonment + Rs 10,000 fine (Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Kozhikode)
- 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.
Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Kozhikode convicted the accused police personnel on 29 September 2019. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 2 years rigorous imprisonment + Rs 10,000 fine (Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Kozhikode)
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)
Appeal status
No appeal known.