State (DV&AC Thanjavur, Cr.No.5 of 2002) v. Thanjavur Police Head Constable (A3)
The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) records that Head Constable of the CS-CID received the Rs.10,000 bribe amount at the direction of his superior officers in the June 2002 trap, with phenolphthalein-positive hands. The Special Judge-cum-CJM, Thanjavur at Kumbakonam convicted him on 22.12.2017 under PC Act sections 7 and 13(1)(d). On 15.05.2025 the High Court confirmed the conviction but reduced the 2-year RI term to 1 year.
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 22 December 2017, the Special Judge-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thanjavur at Kumbakonam convicted the Head Constable (A3), CS-CID.
- Register number
- TN 49 CW 0013
- Case reference
- Crl.A.(MD) Nos. 21 and 30 of 2018; reported in the judgment of the Madras High Court
- Court and date
- The Special Judge-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thanjavur at Kumbakonam, 22 December 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable (A3), CS-CID
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The Trap Laying Officer/P.W.10 conducted phenolphthalein test in the hands of A3 and the same was turned into pink color and the amount was recovered under the recovery mahazar.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 2 years RI on each count (concurrent), reduced to 1 year RI on appeal
- 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-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thanjavur at Kumbakonam convicted the accused police personnel on 22 December 2017. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 2 years RI on each count (concurrent), reduced to 1 year RI on appeal
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7 r/w IPC s.34; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2) r/w IPC s.34
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text