State (DVAC) v. Erode Police Head Constable
The DVAC 'Convicted Cases' official list records that a Head Constable of Arachalur P.S., Erode was convicted on 26.11.2019 by the CJM/Special Judge, Erode in CC No.8/2015 and sentenced to 1 year RI (s.7) and 2 years RI (s.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)) with fines, in a bribery (trap) case. The officer's name is not published in the list; no press note survives on the live press page.
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 26 November 2019, the Chief Judicial Magistrate / Special Judge, Erode convicted the Head Constable, Arachalur Police Station, Erode district.
- Register number
- TN 28 CW 0003
- Case reference
- CC No.8/2015
- Court and date
- The Chief Judicial Magistrate / Special Judge, Erode, 26 November 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable, Arachalur Police Station, Erode 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)
- “A Head Constable, Arachalur Police Station, Erode District was convicted on 26.11.2019 and sentenced to undergo R.I for 1 year and fined Rs.5000/- in default R.I for 2 months u/s 7 of PC Act 1988 and R.I. for 2 years …”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs.5,000 fine (default 2 months RI) u/s 7; 2 years RI + Rs.10,000 fine (default 2 months RI) u/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)
- 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.
Chief Judicial Magistrate / Special Judge, Erode convicted the accused police personnel on 26 November 2019. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs.5,000 fine (default 2 months RI) u/s 7; 2 years RI + Rs.10,000 fine (default 2 months RI) u/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)
Appeal status
No appeal known.