Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: Crl.A. No. 108 of 2001
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CW-2014-0004Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaJudgment 22 May 2014
Thiruvananthapuram Police Head Constable (No.4782), Station Writer vs State of Kerala
The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. Head Constable, Station Writer at Fort Police Station, was trapped by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau on 10 December 1998 accepting two phenolphthalein-marked Rs 100 notes to release a surety's seized bicycle, watch, pen and wallet; though the complainant turned hostile on the Rs 1,500 demand, trap witnesses, chemical tests and recovery from his shirt pocket proved voluntary acceptance. The Special Court had convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the PC Act with three-year sentences. The Kerala High Court set aside the Section 7 conviction for want of proof of demand but confirmed the Section 13 criminal-misconduct conviction, reducing the sentence to one year rigorous imprisonment with Rs 10,000 fine. Later proceedings: on 29 January 2015, the Supreme Court of India acquitted [name withheld] of all charges on appeal; the convictions recorded in this judgment therefore do not stand. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 22 May 2014 in Crl.A. No. 108 of 2001, the Kerala High Court (Coram: A. Hariprasad, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Head Constable (No.4782), Station Writer, Fort Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram.
- Register number
- KL 01 CW 0004
- Case reference
- Crl.A. No. 108 of 2001
- Court and date
- Kerala High Court (Coram: A. Hariprasad, J.), 22 May 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable (No.4782), Station Writer, Fort Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “In this case, there is sufficient evidence to find that PW2 had paid two `100/- decoy notes to the appellant and he voluntarily accepted money as bribe. Therefore, I am of the definite view that the conviction of the appellant …” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 1 year.
- Present status of the proceedings
- Supreme Court of India, 29 January 2015: acquitted on appeal.
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Current position
The Kerala High Court judgment dated 22 May 2014 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“In this case, there is sufficient evidence to find that PW2 had paid two `100/- decoy notes to the appellant and he voluntarily accepted money as bribe. Therefore, I am of the definite view that the conviction of the appellant …” (para n/a)
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Institutional response
22 May 2014
Order issued
ConcludedThe Kerala High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: Crl.A. No. 108 of 2001
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29 Jan 2015
Acquitted on appeal
ConcludedLater proceedings: on 29 January 2015, the Supreme Court of India acquitted [name withheld] of all charges on appeal; the convictions recorded in this judgment therefore do not stand.
Later proceeding · Conviction not standing.
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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