State (SPE Lokayukt) v. Madhya Pradesh Police Not stated (confirmed police personnel, Police Department)
The Special Judge (PC Act) convicted police personnel [name withheld] under PC Act s.7 and s.13(1)(d)/13(2) in an SPE Lokayukt trap case where tainted notes were kept on a table and his hand-wash and pant-pocket wash turned pink in phenolphthalein solution, sentencing him to 5 years RI on each count with Rs 10,000 fines; the complainant turned hostile on identity but admitted keeping the money on the table on one Dewan's instructions for release on bail in a bailable offence. The MP High Court (CRA 4625/2017) refused suspension on 14 March 2018 but suspended the remaining sentence on 7 July 2020 noting he was in jail since 27 September 2017; the appeal remains pending. CAVEAT: trial-court name/place, officer rank/posting and complainant details are not stated in the HC orders; conviction date inferred from 'in jail from 27/09/2017'.
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 14 March 2018, the Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act) (place not stated in High Court orders; SPE Lokayukt case, Gwalior Bench region) convicted the Not stated (confirmed police personnel, Police Department), Madhya Pradesh Police (exact posting not stated).
- Register number
- MP 00 CW 0004
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal No. 4625 of 2017; reported in the judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
- Court and date
- The Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act) (place not stated in High Court orders; SPE Lokayukt case, Gwalior Bench region), 14 March 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Not stated (confirmed police personnel, Police Department), Madhya Pradesh Police (exact posting not stated)
- 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
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The appellant has been convicted under Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act and has been sentenced to undergo RI of five years, RI of five years and fine of Rs.10,000/-, Rs.10,000/- with default imprisonment.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 5 years RI + Rs 10,000 fine (s.7, 6 months default); 5 years RI + Rs 10,000 fine (s.13(1)(d)/13(2), 6 months default)
- Present status of the proceedings
- An appeal is pending; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
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) (place not stated in High Court orders; SPE Lokayukt case, Gwalior Bench region) convicted the accused police personnel on 14 March 2018. An appeal is pending; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 5 years RI + Rs 10,000 fine (s.7, 6 months default); 5 years RI + Rs 10,000 fine (s.13(1)(d)/13(2), 6 months default)
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)
Appeal status
Appeal pending. Appeal text