State (V&AC Tiruchy, Crime No.15/2002) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Head Constable (A1)
The CJM Tiruchirappalli on 22 November 2007 convicted Head Constable of Thottiam police station (A1) for accepting a Rs.2,000 bribe in a 12 August 2002 V&AC trap to issue a Motor Vehicle Inspector requisition letter and release a van driver on bail after a road accident, while acquitting SI and HC for want of proof the money was for them (SSI died during trial). Tainted notes were recovered from [name withheld]'s uniform pocket with positive phenolphthalein tests. The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench, Justice G. Jayachandran) on 14 September 2018 dismissed the appeal pursued by his widow [name withheld] (Crl.A(MD)No.630 of 2007) and confirmed the conviction and sentence.
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 22 November 2007, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchirappalli (Special Court) convicted the Head Constable (A1), Thottiam Police Station, Tiruchirappalli District.
- Register number
- TN 45 CW 0003
- Case reference
- Spl. Case No.6 of 2003
- Court and date
- The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchirappalli (Special Court), 22 November 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable (A1), Thottiam Police Station, Tiruchirappalli District
- 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)
- “In the result, this Criminal Appeal is dismissed and the Judgment and sentence dated 22.11.2007 passed in Spl. Case No.6 of 2003 by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchirappalli are confirmed.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Convicted and sentenced 22.11.2007 (quantum not restated in appellate judgment). Co-accused SI (A2) and HC (A4) acquitted by trial court; SSI (A3) died during trial (charge abated)
- 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.
Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchirappalli (Special Court) convicted the accused police personnel on 22 November 2007. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Convicted and sentenced 22.11.2007 (quantum not restated in appellate judgment). Co-accused SI (A2) and HC (A4) acquitted by trial court; SSI (A3) died during trial (charge abated).
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