State by Police Inspector, ACB, Bengaluru Urban vs Bengaluru Urban Police Police Sub-Inspector
The XXIII Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru (CCH-24, Lakshminarayana Bhat K.) in Spl.C.C.No.221/2021 on 16 March 2022 convicted PSI of BMTF police station under Sec.7(a) of the amended Prevention of Corruption Act for demanding Rs 1,25,000 — negotiated to Rs 70,000 — from site owner [name withheld] (PW-3) in a BMTF-notice/compound-wall matter at Arehally, receiving Rs 20,000 through contract clerk Chetan K.N. on 2 November 2018 (audio/video recorded) and trapped by ACB police after the 7 November 2018 complaint with the Rs 50,000 balance recovered from the clerk. He was sentenced to the 3-year statutory minimum SI with a Rs 25,000 fine; the clerk was convicted of abetment (Sec.12). The court also ordered a Sec.193 IPC show-cause case against PW-3 for false evidence.
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By judgment dated 16 March 2022, the XXIII Additional City Civil and Sessions Court and Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru (CCH-24) convicted the Police Sub-Inspector, BMTF Police Station, Bengaluru.
- Register number
- KA 01 CW 0024
- Case reference
- Spl.C.C.No.221/2021
- Court and date
- The XXIII Additional City Civil and Sessions Court and Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru (CCH-24), 16 March 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Sub-Inspector, BMTF Police Station, Bengaluru
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Acting under Section 248(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, the accused No.1 is convicted of the offence punishable under Sections 7(a) of The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 3 years SI + Rs 25,000 fine (in default 3 months SI); Rs 50,000 trap cash (MO.9) confiscated to [name withheld] (co-accused clerk Chetan K.N.: 3 years SI + Rs 5,000 fine under Sec.12)
- 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.
XXIII Additional City Civil and Sessions Court and Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru (CCH-24) convicted the accused police personnel on 16 March 2022. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 3 years SI + Rs 25,000 fine (in default 3 months SI); Rs 50,000 trap cash (MO.9) confiscated to [name withheld] (co-accused clerk Chetan K.N.: 3 years SI + Rs 5,000 fine under Sec.12)
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7(a)
Appeal status
No appeal known.