State (ACB Chandrapur) v. Chandrapur Police Police Station Officer and others
Per the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) judgment of 22-12-2025, Sopan Kamble, then Police Station Officer at Bhari Police Station, demanded Rs.500 from complainant [name withheld] on 12-01-2004 to take prompt action on his report and accepted the tainted Rs.500 (5xRs.100 notes) near a shop in Mokashiguda on 17-01-2004 in an ACB Chandrapur trap. The Special Judge, Chandrapur convicted him on 13-06-2017 in Special (ACB) Case No.1/2005, and the High Court dismissed his appeal, upholding conviction and sentence.
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 13 June 2017, the Special Judge, Chandrapur convicted the Police Station Officer, Bhari Police Station, Chandrapur district.
- Register number
- MH 34 CW 0007
- Case reference
- Crl. Appeal No.306/2017; reported in the judgment of the Bombay High Court
- Court and date
- The Special Judge, Chandrapur, 13 June 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Station Officer, Bhari Police Station, Chandrapur district
- 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 appellant is convicted for the offences punishable under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 ... and sentenced him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/-”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 2 years RI (s.7) + 2 years RI (s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)); concurrent; set-off u/s 428 CrPC
- 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, Chandrapur convicted the accused police personnel on 13 June 2017. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 2 years RI (s.7) + 2 years RI (s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)); concurrent; set-off u/s 428 CrPC
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