# The Government of Andhra Pradesh vs Andhra Pradesh Police Inspector of Police

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1997/april/the-govt-of-andhra-pradesh-vs-b-ashok-kumar-107); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1997-0014)

**Record:** CW-1997-0014 (compiler id CWC-1097); case GAP3-127-005
**Title:** The Government of Andhra Pradesh vs Andhra Pradesh Police Inspector of Police
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: K. Ramaswamy; D. P. Wadhwa
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 3510 of 1997 / (1997) 5 SCC 478; AIR 1997 SC 2447
**Judgment:** 1997-04-28 (1997, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Andhra Pradesh; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Andhra Pradesh Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

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.

> 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 and accepts illegal gratification and restrains himself from initiating prosecution against the offender, it would have an effect on the maintenance of law and order in the society.

**Sources (2):** [advocatekhoj.com](https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1997/april/the-govt-of-andhra-pradesh-vs-b-ashok-kumar-107); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/745575/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', '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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** The Government of Andhra Pradesh vs Andhra Pradesh Police Inspector of Police
**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': '1997-04-28', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(1997) 5 SCC 478; AIR 1997 SC 2447', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1997/april/the-govt-of-andhra-pradesh-vs-b-ashok-kumar-107', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/745575/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**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:** SC confirmed dismissal of Inspector who took Rs.3,000 to drop a prosecution.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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