State (V&AC Madurai) v. Madurai Police Training Sub-Inspector of Police
The Madras High Court records that Training Sub-Inspector of Othakadai Police Station demanded Rs.3,000 from a complainant in August 2006 to close a complaint enquiry, reiterated the demand, and was caught in a V&AC trap with phenolphthalein-positive hands. The Special Judge for PC Act Cases, Madurai convicted him on 19.12.2018 under PC Act sections 7 and 13(1)(d). On 15.05.2025 the High Court confirmed the conviction, reducing the 2-year terms to 1 year RI each.
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 19 December 2018, the Special Judge for Trial of Prevention of Corruption Act Cases, Madurai convicted the Training Sub-Inspector of Police, Othakadai Police Station, Madurai.
- Register number
- TN 57 CW 0027
- Case reference
- Crl.A.(MD) No. 561 of 2018; reported in the judgment of the Madras High Court
- Court and date
- The Special Judge for Trial of Prevention of Corruption Act Cases, Madurai, 19 December 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Training Sub-Inspector of Police, Othakadai Police Station, Madurai
- 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 conviction passed against the appellant for the offence under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act in Special Case No.6 of 2011, by the learned Special Judge for Trial of Prevention of Corruption Act …”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 2 years SI (s.7) + 2 years RI (s.13) on appeal modified to 1 year RI on each count, concurrent
- 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 for Trial of Prevention of Corruption Act Cases, Madurai convicted the accused police personnel on 19 December 2018. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 2 years SI (s.7) + 2 years RI (s.13) on appeal modified to 1 year RI on each count, concurrent
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