# State of Karnataka and Others vs Karnataka Police Police Constable

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 October 1997 in Civil Appeal No. 1119 of 1990, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Sujata V. Manohar, D. P. Wadhwa, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police Constable, Sheshadripuram Traffic Sub-Zone, Bengaluru City, Karnataka Police.

- Register number: KA 01 CW 0002
- Case reference: Civil Appeal No. 1119 of 1990 / (1998) 9 SCC 671
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: Sujata V. Manohar, D. P. Wadhwa, JJ.), 23 October 1997
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Sheshadripuram Traffic Sub-Zone, Bengaluru City, Karnataka Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “He was basically charged with gross misconduct in collecting money from auto rickshaw drivers. A departmental enquiry was held and he was found guilty of the charges.” (at para 1)
- 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.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/679514/state-of-karnataka-and-others-vs-h-nagaraj/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1997-0020)

**Record:** CW-1997-0020 (compiler id CWC-1099); case GAP3-127-007
**Title:** State of Karnataka and Others vs Karnataka Police Police Constable
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Sujata V. Manohar; D. P. Wadhwa
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 1119 of 1990 / (1998) 9 SCC 671
**Judgment:** 1997-10-23 (1997, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated (1985)
**Place:** Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka; city town: Bengaluru; police station or unit: Sheshadripuram Traffic Sub-Zone, Bengaluru City; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** extortion
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Sheshadripuram Traffic Sub-Zone, Bengaluru City, Karnataka Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Supreme Court on 23 October 1997 restored the dismissal of Bangalore traffic constable for gross misconduct in extorting auto-rickshaw drivers. The Court recorded that as station rider he unofficially stopped drivers daily and released them for Rs. 50-70 each, issuing police notices only to squeeze payment and withdrawing them once paid, and collecting Rs. 150-200 per traffic violation. A departmental enquiry found him guilty and dismissal was confirmed on appeal, but the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal reduced it to withholding two increments as too harsh. The Court held the choice of penalty is exclusively the competent authority's domain and set aside the Tribunal's order. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> He was basically charged with gross misconduct in collecting money from auto rickshaw drivers. A departmental enquiry was held and he was found guilty of the charges.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/679514/state-of-karnataka-and-others-vs-h-nagaraj/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1729778/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** extortion
**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:** 1
**display title redacted:** State of Karnataka and Others vs Karnataka Police Police Constable
**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': '1997-10-23', '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': '(1998) 9 SCC 671', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/679514/state-of-karnataka-and-others-vs-h-nagaraj/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1729778/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** extortion
**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 restored dismissal of traffic constable who extorted auto drivers daily.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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