CBI fake stamp paper case v. Bangalore City Police Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police (Inspector at time of offence)
The CBI's official press-release index records (release dated 20 April 2009) that 'Abdul Kareem Telgi, one police official and seven others' were 'sentenced [to] rigorous imprisonment with hefty fines in [the] Fake Stamp Paper case'. Contemporaneous reports identify the police official as [name withheld], retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bangalore (Inspector of Kalasipalyam market police station in 1997, accused of abetting the stamp-paper racket and destroying evidence / filing a weak case to help Telgi's brother). The special court for fake stamp paper cases in Karnataka convicted Telgi, [name withheld] and six others on 15 April 2009; on 17 April 2009 Telgi got 7 years RI and [name withheld] 3 years RI, with bail granted to Singh as he had already undergone nearly 22 months. No appeal outcome is known.
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 15 April 2009, the Special Court for trial of fake stamp paper cases, Karnataka, Bangalore (CBI-prosecuted case) convicted the Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police (Inspector at time of offence), Bangalore City Police (Inspector, Kalasipalyam market police station in 1997).
- Register number
- KA 01 CW 0012
- Case reference
- CBI fake stamp paper case v. Bangalore City Police Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police (Inspector at time of offence)
- Court and date
- The Special Court for trial of fake stamp paper cases, Karnataka, Bangalore (CBI-prosecuted case), 15 April 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police (Inspector at time of offence), Bangalore City Police (Inspector, Kalasipalyam market police station in 1997)
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Abdul Kareem Telgi, one police official and seven others sentenced rigorous imprisonment with hefty fines in Fake Stamp Paper case”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 3 years rigorous imprisonment (sentenced 2009-04-17; granted bail after having undergone nearly 22 months)
- 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.
Special Court for trial of fake stamp paper cases, Karnataka, Bangalore (CBI-prosecuted case) convicted the accused police personnel on 15 April 2009. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 3 years rigorous imprisonment (sentenced 2009-04-17; granted bail after having undergone nearly 22 months)
Sections: Not stated
Appeal status
No appeal known.