28 Apr 1997
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: (1997) 5 SCC 478; AIR 1997 SC 2447
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CW-1997-0014Andhra PradeshJudgment 28 April 1997
The Government of Andhra Pradesh vs Andhra Pradesh Police Inspector of Police
The Supreme Court on 28 April 1997 confirmed the dismissal of Andhra Pradesh Inspector for demanding and accepting Rs. 3,000 to refrain from registering a complaint and launching a prosecution. The disciplinary tribunal found the charge proved and the Government dismissed him in July 1995, but the Administrative Tribunal asked the Government to reconsider a lighter penalty as dismissal shocked its conscience. The Court held that calibrating penalty to the gravity of proved misconduct is the disciplinary authority's domain, and a higher-ranking officer who sells non-prosecution damages the maintenance of law and order. It set aside the Tribunal's direction and confirmed the dismissal. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 28 April 1997 in Civil Appeal No. 3510 of 1997, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. Ramaswamy, D. P. Wadhwa, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Inspector of Police, Andhra Pradesh Police.
- Register number
- AP 39 CW 0010
- Case reference
- Civil Appeal No. 3510 of 1997 / (1997) 5 SCC 478; AIR 1997 SC 2447
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. Ramaswamy, D. P. Wadhwa, JJ.), 28 April 1997
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Inspector of Police, Andhra Pradesh Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The Tribunal in disciplinary proceedings found as a fact that the respondent demanded and accepted illegal gratification of Rs. 3,000/- for not prosecuting the offender. Since the respondent is an Inspector of Police, a higher ranking officer, if he demands …” (at para n/a)
- 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 Supreme Court of India judgment dated 28 April 1997 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“The Tribunal in disciplinary proceedings found as a fact that the respondent demanded and accepted illegal gratification of Rs. 3,000/- for not prosecuting the offender. Since the respondent is an Inspector of Police, a higher ranking officer, if he demands …” (para n/a)
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19 Sep 2026
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