# Kerala Police Police Constable vs Superintendent of Police and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 December 2003 in W.A. Nos. 1276 & 1306 of 2003, the Kerala High Court (Coram: Jawahar Lal Gupta, M. Ramachandran, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Police Constable, Kerala Police; Police Constable, Kerala Police.

- Register number: KL 00 CW 0002
- Case reference: W.A. Nos. 1276 & 1306 of 2003 / (2003) 12 KL CK 0018
- Court and date: Kerala High Court (Coram: Jawahar Lal Gupta, M. Ramachandran, JJ.), 2 December 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Kerala Police; Police Constable, Kerala Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 309 of the Constitution of India; Article 311 of the Constitution of India; Section 6 of the Kerala Police Act, 1960; Rule 8 of the Kerala Police Departmental Inquiries, Punishment and Appeal Rules, 1958; the Kerala Civil Services (Vigilance Tribunal) Rules, 1960
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The Appellants who were custodians of law had themselves committed acts of corruption. Their removal from service was the only way they deserved to be treated.” (at para 23)
- 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/559449/premachandran-mv-vs-superintendent-of-police-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0012)

**Record:** CW-2003-0012 (compiler id CWC-0211); case KERALA-011
**Title:** Kerala Police Police Constable vs Superintendent of Police and Ors.
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: Jawahar Lal Gupta; M. Ramachandran
**Case number / citation:** W.A. Nos. 1276 & 1306 of 2003 / (2003) 12 KL CK 0018
**Judgment:** 2003-12-02 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1988-08-14 (1988)
**Place:** Kerala; police station or unit: Kerala Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Article 226; Constitution of India Article 309; Constitution of India Article 311; Kerala Police Act 1960 s.6; Kerala Police Departmental Inquiries, Punishment and Appeal Rules 1958 Rule 8; Kerala Civil Services (Vigilance Tribunal) Rules 1960
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Kerala Police; Police Constable, Kerala Police (2 in record)
**Victims:** Kerala man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. Two Kerala police constables on patrol duty detained a Kerala man, who was carrying a large sum of money, and released him after extorting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 20,000 each. Following a departmental enquiry by the Vigilance Tribunal, both constables were ordered to be removed from service. The Kerala High Court dismissed their writ petitions and subsequent writ appeals, rejecting procedural objections and ruling that corruption by law enforcers warranted dismissal.

> The Appellants who were custodians of law had themselves committed acts of corruption. Their removal from service was the only way they deserved to be treated.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/559449/premachandran-mv-vs-superintendent-of-police-and-others/)
**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:** 23
**display title redacted:** Kerala Police Police Constable vs Superintendent of Police 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': '2003-12-02', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Kerala High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Kerala High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2003) 12 KL CK 0018', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/559449/premachandran-mv-vs-superintendent-of-police-and-others/', '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:** Kerala HC Division Bench dismissed writ appeals of two police constables, upholding their removal from service for accepting bribes to release a detainee.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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