State (V&AC Kanyakumari, Crime No.5 of 2014) v. Kanyakumari Police Sub-Inspector of Police (A1)
The Special Judge-cum-CJM, Nagercoil on 15 September 2017 convicted Sub-Inspector of Nithiravilai police station (A1) for demanding Rs.20,000 to delete PW3 name from the FIR in Cr.No.131/2014 (a pathway-dispute assault case in which PW3 was absent from the scene), catching him in a 26 April 2014 V&AC trap near Virivilai bridge, and sentenced him to 2 years SI with fine on each count under PC Act ss.7 and 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d), while acquitting SSI (A2). The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench, Justice K.K. Ramakrishnan) on 12 March 2024 partly allowed his appeal (Crl.A(MD)No.396/2017), confirming the conviction but reducing the sentence to one year SI per count concurrently.
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 15 September 2017, the Special Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagercoil convicted the Sub-Inspector of Police (A1), Nithiravilai Police Station, Kanyakumari District.
- Register number
- TN 74 CW 0010
- Case reference
- Crl.A.(MD)No.396 of 2017; reported in the judgment of the Madras High Court
- Court and date
- The Special Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagercoil, 15 September 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector of Police (A1), Nithiravilai Police Station, Kanyakumari 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)
- “Accordingly, this Criminal Appeal is partly allowed [...] the conviction passed against the appellant [...] in Special Case No.2 of 2015, by the learned Special Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagercoil, vide judgment dated 15.09.2017 is hereby confirmed.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Trial court: 2 years SI + Rs.5,000 fine (6 months SI default) under each count. A2 SSI acquitted by trial court. On appeal: conviction confirmed, sentence reduced to 1 year SI per count, concurrent; fine confirmed
- 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 and Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagercoil convicted the accused police personnel on 15 September 2017. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Trial court: 2 years SI + Rs.5,000 fine (6 months SI default) under each count. A2 SSI acquitted by trial court. On appeal: conviction confirmed, sentence reduced to 1 year SI per count, concurrent; fine confirmed.
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