State (DVAC) v. Kanyakumari Police Sub-Inspector of Police
The DVAC 'Convicted Cases' official list records that a Sub-Inspector of Thamaraikulam South P.S., Kanyakumari was convicted on 12.11.2019 by the CJM/Special Judge, Kanyakumari in CC No.02/2014 and sentenced to 5 years RI with Rs.50,000 fine on each count — the heaviest sentence in the 2019 police set — 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 12 November 2019, the Chief Judicial Magistrate and Special Judge, Kanyakumari @ Nagercoil convicted the Sub-Inspector of Police, Thamaraikulam South Police Station, Kanyakumari district.
- Register number
- TN 74 CW 0008
- Case reference
- CC No.02/2014
- Court and date
- The Chief Judicial Magistrate and Special Judge, Kanyakumari @ Nagercoil, 12 November 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector of Police, Thamaraikulam South 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)
- “A Sub-Inspector of Police, Thamaraikulam South Police Station, Kanyakumari District was convicted on 12.11.2019 and sentenced to undergo R.I for 5 years and fined Rs.50,000/- in default SI for 1 year u/s 7 of PC Act 1988 and RI for …”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 5 years RI + Rs.50,000 fine (default 1 year SI) u/s 7; 5 years RI + Rs.50,000 fine (default 1 year SI) 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 and Special Judge, Kanyakumari @ Nagercoil convicted the accused police personnel on 12 November 2019. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 5 years RI + Rs.50,000 fine (default 1 year SI) u/s 7; 5 years RI + Rs.50,000 fine (default 1 year SI) 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.