State (V&AC Sivagangai, Cr.No.1/2010) v. Sivagangai Police Head Constable (A1) and others
The Sivagangai Special Court for PC Act cases on 10 March 2016 convicted Head Constable and Constable of Puluthipatti police station for demanding and accepting a Rs.500 bribe on 6 January 2010 to send a passport verification report to the Regional Passport Office, Madurai, sentencing each to 3 years RI under both PC Act s.7 and s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d) after a trap by V&AC Sivagangai (Cr.No.1/2010). The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on 12 April 2022 sustained the s.7 conviction but set aside the s.13(2) conviction and reduced the sentence to six months RI given the small amount and age of the matter.
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 10 March 2016, the Special Court for Trial of Cases under Prevention of Corruption Act, Sivagangai convicted 2 police personnel, namely: Head Constable (A1), Puluthipatti Police Station, Thiruppathur Taluk, Sivagangai; Police Constable (A2), Puluthipatti Police Station, Thiruppathur Taluk, Sivagangai.
- Register number
- TN 63 CW 0004
- Case reference
- Spl.C.No.52 of 2014
- Court and date
- The Special Court for Trial of Cases under Prevention of Corruption Act, Sivagangai, 10 March 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable (A1), Puluthipatti Police Station, Thiruppathur Taluk, Sivagangai; Police Constable (A2), Puluthipatti Police Station, Thiruppathur Taluk, Sivagangai
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The conviction imposed on the appellants under Section 7 of the Act, is sustained.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Trial court: 3 years RI + Rs.1,000 fine each under s.7 and 3 years RI + Rs.1,000 fine each under s.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d), concurrent. On appeal (Crl.A(MD)Nos.98 & 101/2016, 12 April 2022, Justice G. Ilangovan): s.13(2) conviction set aside; s.7 conviction sustained with sentence reduced to 6 months RI
- 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 Court for Trial of Cases under Prevention of Corruption Act, Sivagangai convicted the accused police personnel on 10 March 2016. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Trial court: 3 years RI + Rs.1,000 fine each under s.7 and 3 years RI + Rs.1,000 fine each under s.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d), concurrent. On appeal (Crl.A(MD)Nos.98 & 101/2016, 12 April 2022, Justice G. Ilangovan): s.13(2) conviction set aside; s.7 conviction sustained with sentence reduced to 6 months RI.
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text