State (V&AC Salem, Cr.No.1/AC/Spl.91) v. Salem Police Sub-Inspector of Police
The Madras High Court records that Sub-Inspector of Mecheri Police Station demanded and received Rs.500 from a complainant on 23.01.1991 for initiating proceedings in a pending assault case. The Special Judge, Salem convicted him on 20.10.2000 under PC Act sections 7 and 13(1)(d). On 13.04.2007 the High Court dismissed his appeal, confirming the conviction while merging the sentence into a single 1-year RI term.
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 20 October 2000, the Special Judge and I Additional District Judge-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Salem convicted the Sub-Inspector of Police, Mecheri Police Station, Salem.
- Register number
- TN 27 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Crl.A. No. 1045 of 2000; reported in the judgment of the Madras High Court
- Court and date
- The Special Judge and I Additional District Judge-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Salem, 20 October 2000
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector of Police, Mecheri Police Station, Salem
- 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)
- “In the result the appeal is dismissed confirming the Judgment of the learned Special Judge in Spl.C.C.No.98 of 1991 on the file of Special Judge and First Additional District Judge-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Salem.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 1 year RI under each count (concurrent); on appeal modified to a single 1 year RI under s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)
- 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 I Additional District Judge-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Salem convicted the accused police personnel on 20 October 2000. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 1 year RI under each count (concurrent); on appeal modified to a single 1 year RI under s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)
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