2 Dec 2003
Order issued
ConcludedThe Kerala High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: (2003) 12 KL CK 0018
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CW-2003-0012KeralaJudgment 2 December 2003
Kerala Police Police Constable vs Superintendent of Police and Ors.
The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. Two Kerala police constables on patrol duty detained a Kerala man, who was carrying a large sum of money, and released him after extorting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 20,000 each. Following a departmental enquiry by the Vigilance Tribunal, both constables were ordered to be removed from service. The Kerala High Court dismissed their writ petitions and subsequent writ appeals, rejecting procedural objections and ruling that corruption by law enforcers warranted dismissal.
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By judgment dated 2 December 2003 in W.A. Nos. 1276 & 1306 of 2003, the Kerala High Court (Coram: Jawahar Lal Gupta, M. Ramachandran, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Police Constable, Kerala Police; Police Constable, Kerala Police.
- Register number
- KL 00 CW 0002
- Case reference
- W.A. Nos. 1276 & 1306 of 2003 / (2003) 12 KL CK 0018
- Court and date
- Kerala High Court (Coram: Jawahar Lal Gupta, M. Ramachandran, JJ.), 2 December 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Constable, Kerala Police; Police Constable, Kerala Police
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked
- Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 309 of the Constitution of India; Article 311 of the Constitution of India; Section 6 of the Kerala Police Act, 1960; Rule 8 of the Kerala Police Departmental Inquiries, Punishment and Appeal Rules, 1958; the Kerala Civil Services (Vigilance Tribunal) Rules, 1960
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The Appellants who were custodians of law had themselves committed acts of corruption. Their removal from service was the only way they deserved to be treated.” (at para 23)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
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Current position
The Kerala High Court judgment dated 2 December 2003 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“The Appellants who were custodians of law had themselves committed acts of corruption. Their removal from service was the only way they deserved to be treated.” (para 23)
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.