# Madurai Police Head Constable vs The Director General of Police and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 October 2007 in W.P.(MD) No. 4024 of 2005, the Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable, Patrol Vehicle No.1, Madurai City Control Room.

- Register number: TN 57 CW 0003
- Case reference: W.P.(MD) No. 4024 of 2005
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.), 1 October 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Patrol Vehicle No.1, Madurai City Control Room
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as compulsorily retired.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 3(b) of the Tamil Nadu Police State and Subordinate Service Rules
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This Court is of the view that while the petitioner's misconduct cannot be condoned and he must be imposed only with major penalty, but, however, considering the penalty now imposed, it is clear that it will result in serious consequences …” (at para 8)
- 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/660710/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0029)

**Record:** CW-2007-0029 (compiler id CWC-1271); case GAP3-84-001
**Title:** Madurai Police Head Constable vs The Director General of Police and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: K. Chandru
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(MD) No. 4024 of 2005
**Judgment:** 2007-10-01 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2004-03-26 (2004)
**Place:** Madurai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Madurai; police station or unit: Patrol Vehicle No.1, Madurai City Control Room; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** extortion
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Tamil Nadu Police State and Subordinate Service Rules R.3(b)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Patrol Vehicle No.1, Madurai City Control Room (1 in record)
**Victims:** Madurai resident; Madurai resident; Madurai resident (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. On 26 March 2004, Head Constable, on patrol in Vehicle No.1 of the Madurai City Control Room, threatened the supervisor and salesmen of TASMAC Shop No.5135 and forced Rs.100 from them on the pretext the shop was open past licence hours. The Assistant Commissioner's Rule 3(b) enquiry held the charge proved and the Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, removed him from service on 19 August 2004; his appeal and revision were rejected. The Madurai Bench held the enquiry procedure suffered no infirmity and its conclusion was not perverse, so the bribery finding stood. The Court agreed the misconduct attracted only a major penalty but held removal disproportionate to 29 years of unblemished service, modifying it to compulsory retirement with terminal benefits and directing pension papers within eight weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This Court is of the view that while the petitioner's misconduct cannot be condoned and he must be imposed only with major penalty, but, however, considering the penalty now imposed, it is clear that it will result in serious consequences of not only depriving the petitioner his employment but also the very survival of the family will be in question.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/660710/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/560902bae4b0149711159e0e)
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Madurai Police Head Constable vs The Director General of Police and Others
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['sections'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2007-10-01', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madras High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madras High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'W.P.(MD) No. 4024 of 2005', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/660710/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/560902bae4b0149711159e0e', '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:** Bribe-extortion finding against head constable sustained; removal modified to compulsory retirement (major penalty upheld).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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