State (V&AC Sivagangai, Crime No.2/2000) v. Sivaganga Police Special Sub-Inspector of Police
The Sivagangai Special Judge/CJM on 1 April 2013 convicted SSI of Karaikudi South police station for demanding Rs.5,000 (bargained to Rs.3,000 now plus Rs.2,000 later) from a bail-condition signatory to dilute the charge and close a property dispute in Crime No.06, catching him in a 16 March 2000 V&AC trap with Rs.3,000 tainted notes and positive phenolphthalein tests, sentencing him to 1 year RI under PC Act s.7 and 2 years RI under s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d) with fines. The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench, Justice M. Dhandapani) on 22 February 2019 dismissed his appeal (Crl.A(MD)No.120 of 2013), confirmed the conviction and sentence, and ordered him committed to serve the remainder.
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 1 April 2013, the Special Judge for Prevention of Corruption Act Cases / Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sivagangai convicted the Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Karaikudi South Police Station, Sivagangai District.
- Register number
- TN 63 CW 0007
- Case reference
- Crl.A.(MD)No.120 of 2013; reported in the judgment of the Madras High Court
- Court and date
- The Special Judge for Prevention of Corruption Act Cases / Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sivagangai, 1 April 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Karaikudi South Police Station, Sivagangai 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 Court finds no merit in the appeal and hence, Criminal Appeal is dismissed.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs.1,000 fine (3 months SI default) under s.7; 2 years RI + Rs.2,000 fine (6 months SI default) under s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d), concurrent, with s.428 set-off. Rs.3,000 tainted notes recovered; phenolphthalein tests positive
- 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 Judge for Prevention of Corruption Act Cases / Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sivagangai convicted the accused police personnel on 1 April 2013. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs.1,000 fine (3 months SI default) under s.7; 2 years RI + Rs.2,000 fine (6 months SI default) under s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d), concurrent, with s.428 set-off. Rs.3,000 tainted notes recovered; phenolphthalein tests positive.
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