State (DVAC) v. Erode Police Sub-Inspector of Police
The DVAC-hosted press note (a Tamil newspaper clipping PDF) states SI of [name withheld]S. kept complainant [name withheld]'s original driving licence and demanded Rs.500 to return it, was arrested by Erode V&AC on 04.02.2009, and was convicted by the CJM cum Special Judge, Erode (Judge Saravanan) on 27.09.2022. Medium confidence: source is an officially hosted press clipping rather than a DVAC-authored note.
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 27 September 2022, the Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Special Judge, Erode (Judge Saravanan) convicted the Sub-Inspector of Police, Ammapettai Police Station, Erode district.
- Register number
- TN 28 CW 0006
- Case reference
- State (DVAC) v. Erode Police Sub-Inspector of Police; reported in the judgment of the Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Special Judge, Erode
- Court and date
- The Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Special Judge, Erode (Judge Saravanan), 27 September 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector of Police, Ammapettai Police Station, Erode 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) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Facts in brief
- The DVAC-hosted press note (a Tamil newspaper clipping PDF) states SI of [name withheld]S. kept complainant [name withheld]'s original driving licence and demanded Rs.500 to return it, was arrested by Erode V&AC on 04.02.2009, and was convicted by the CJM cum Special Judge, Erode (Judge Saravanan) on 27.09.2022. Medium confidence: source is an officially hosted press clipping rather than a DVAC-authored note.
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine u/s 7; 3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine u/s 13(1)(d); concurrent
- 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.
Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Special Judge, Erode (Judge Saravanan) convicted the accused police personnel on 27 September 2022. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine u/s 7; 3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine u/s 13(1)(d); concurrent
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d)
Appeal status
No appeal known.