# Pakala Police Sub-Inspector of Police vs Government of Andhra Pradesh, Home Department and Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 November 2001, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.R. Nayak, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector of Police, Pakala Police Station; Head Constable, Pakala Police Station.

- Register number: AP 39 CW 0017
- Case reference: 2001 (6) ALT 229
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.R. Nayak, J.), 5 November 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, Pakala Police Station; Head Constable, Pakala Police Station
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Rule 2(b) of the A.P. Civil Services (Disciplinary Proceedings Tribunal) Rules, 1960
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is also very relevant to notice that there is no controversy according to the evidence on record, the charged officer demanded the bribe on 28-8-1981 and even on 29-8-1981 insisted for payment of bribe.” (at para 6)
- 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/1083807/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0009)

**Record:** CW-2001-0009 (compiler id CWC-0005); case ANDHRA-005
**Title:** Pakala Police Sub-Inspector of Police vs Government of Andhra Pradesh, Home Department and Anr.
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: S.R. Nayak
**Case number / citation:** 2001 (6) ALT 229
**Judgment:** 2001-11-05 (2001, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1981-08-22 (1981)
**Place:** Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh; city town: Pakala; police station or unit: Pakala Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 226; A.P. Civil Services (Disciplinary Proceedings Tribunal) Rules 1960 Rule 2(b)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, Pakala Police Station; Head Constable, Pakala Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Pakala man; Pakala man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The High Court dismissed the writ petition filed by Sub-Inspector, upholding his dismissal from service for corrupt misconduct. The officer had illegally detained two traders, a Pakala man and a Pakala man, on false allegations of possessing stolen copper wire, and demanded and received bribes of Rs 1,400 and Rs 3,000 to release them without registering cases. The Court confirmed the findings of the Tribunal for Disciplinary Proceedings and the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, holding that the charges were established on the standard of preponderance of probabilities. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is also very relevant to notice that there is no controversy according to the evidence on record, the charged officer demanded the bribe on 28-8-1981 and even on 29-8-1981 insisted for payment of bribe.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1083807/)
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** Pakala Police Sub-Inspector of Police vs Government of Andhra Pradesh, Home Department and Anr.
**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': '2001-11-05', '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': '2001 (6) ALT 229', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1083807/', '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:** High Court dismissed writ petition of SI and upheld his dismissal from service for extortion of bribes under threat of false charges.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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