26 Oct 2009
Order issued
ConcludedThe Karnataka High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: W.P. No. 6376/2007 (S)
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CW-2009-0031Bengaluru Urban, KarnatakaJudgment 26 October 2009
State of Karnataka vs Bengaluru Police Police Constable (PC No. 2545)
The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. Police Constable (PC No. 2545) of Mico Layout Police Station, Bengaluru, brought a helpless woman to the police station at about 1 a.m. in 1983 and sexually abused her, for which the enquiry officer found the departmental charges proved and he was dismissed on 19 August 1994. His criminal conviction had been set aside by the High Court in Crl.A. No. 154/1986 on benefit of doubt, and the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal ordered reinstatement with full benefits. The High Court held the acquittal was not honourable and the Tribunal erred, allowing the State's writ petition in part. The dismissal was converted to compulsory retirement with terminal benefits but no benefits for the dismissal-to-judgment period. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 26 October 2009 in W.P. No. 6376/2007 (S), the Karnataka High Court (Coram: B.V. Nagarathna, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police Constable (PC No. 2545), Mico Layout Police Station, Bengaluru.
- Register number
- KA 01 CW 0014
- Case reference
- W.P. No. 6376/2007 (S)
- Court and date
- Karnataka High Court (Coram: B.V. Nagarathna, J.), 26 October 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Constable (PC No. 2545), Mico Layout Police Station, Bengaluru
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as compulsorily retired.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The order of dismissal imposed by the disciplinary authority is converted to one of compulsory retirement. The respondent shall be entitled to all terminal benefits but shall not be entitled to any benefit for the period from the date of …” (at para 9)
- 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.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Karnataka High Court judgment dated 26 October 2009 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
Custodial torturePrimary
Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“The order of dismissal imposed by the disciplinary authority is converted to one of compulsory retirement. The respondent shall be entitled to all terminal benefits but shall not be entitled to any benefit for the period from the date of …” (para 9)
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Institutional response
Continuing record
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.