State (EOW) v. Madhya Pradesh Police IPS, former Additional Director General (Prisons)
Additional Sessions Judge S. Pandey at a Bhopal special court sentenced former IPS officer to five years' imprisonment for accepting over Rs 12 lakh in bribes between January and May 2003 while serving as Additional Director General (Prisons), on false promises of appointing people as jail wardens. A complaint was lodged with the Economic Offences Wing in 2006. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 8.75 lakh.
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 16 January 2020, the Special Court, Bhopal (Additional Sessions Judge S. Pandey) convicted the IPS, former Additional Director General (Prisons), Madhya Pradesh Police / Prisons Department.
- Register number
- MP 01 CW 0017
- Case reference
- Special Case No. 04/2012; reported in the judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
- Court and date
- The Special Court, Bhopal (Additional Sessions Judge S. Pandey), 16 January 2020
- Officer(s) at the material time
- IPS, former Additional Director General (Prisons), Madhya Pradesh Police / Prisons Department
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “learned Special Judge found the appellant guilty for the offence punishable under Section 420 (on seven counts) of IPC and sentenced him to undergo R.I. for five years (on seven counts)”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 5 years imprisonment + Rs 8.75 lakh fine
- 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.
Special Court, Bhopal (Additional Sessions Judge S. Pandey) convicted the accused police personnel on 16 January 2020. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 5 years imprisonment + Rs 8.75 lakh fine
Sections: IPC 420; IPC 120; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w 13(2)
Appeal status
No appeal known.