# The Deputy Inspector General of Police vs \[name withheld\] and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 July 1959 in Writ Appeal No. 90 of 1956 and connected appeal, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Chandra Reddy, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector of Police; Police Constables, served under the Sub-Inspector.

- Register number: AP 39 CW 0001
- Case reference: Writ Appeal No. 90 of 1956 and connected appeal / AIR 1960 AP 259
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Chandra Reddy, J.), 28 July 1959
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police; Police Constables, served under the Sub-Inspector
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 331 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 348 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the result, the appeals filed by the Government are allowed and the Writ Petitions are dismissed.” (at para 26)
- 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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/464087/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1959-0002)

**Record:** CW-1959-0002 (compiler id CWC-0011); case ANDHRA-011
**Title:** The Deputy Inspector General of Police vs \[name withheld\] and Ors.
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: Chandra Reddy
**Case number / citation:** Writ Appeal No. 90 of 1956 and connected appeal / AIR 1960 AP 259
**Judgment:** 1959-07-28 (1959, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Andhra Pradesh; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 331; IPC 348
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police; Police Constables, served under the Sub-Inspector (2 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The High Court allowed the Government writ appeals and restored the October 1953 dismissal of Sub-Inspector and the constables serving under him, who stood convicted of moral-turpitude offences under Sections 331 and 348 IPC for custodial hurt and wrongful confinement to extort a confession. The Court held the January 1954 general amnesty on formation of Andhra State remitted only the sentences and did not wipe out the convictions, and that the Article 311(2) proviso permits dismissal on the ground of conduct leading to a criminal conviction. Since the officers had withdrawn their criminal appeals as not pressed, the Court held the convictions stood finally upheld and set aside the single Judge orders quashing the dismissals. The judgment does not name the station, district, victim, or offence date. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the result, the appeals filed by the Government are allowed and the Writ Petitions are dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/464087/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 26
**display title redacted:** The Deputy Inspector General of Police vs \[name withheld\] and Ors.
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-19', 'scope': 'Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass', 'method': 'skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)', 'result': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1959-07-28', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Andhra Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Andhra Pradesh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'AIR 1960 AP 259', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/464087/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** High Court allowed State appeals and restored dismissal of SI and constables convicted under IPC 331/348; 1954 amnesty remitted only sentence, not conviction.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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