# \[name withheld\] vs The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Vellore Range and Another

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 June 2010 in W.P. No.1811 of 2006, the Madras High Court (Coram: N. Paul Vasanthakumar, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Grade-II Police Constable, Tirupattur Town Police Station.

- Register number: TN 83 CW 0002
- Case reference: W.P. No.1811 of 2006
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: N. Paul Vasanthakumar, J.), 28 June 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Grade-II Police Constable, Tirupattur Town Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 36(E) of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882; Rule 3(1) of the TN Sandalwood Possession Rules, 1970; Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958; Section 12 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Here, the conviction imposed against the petitioner is not set aside and the leniency was shown to the petitioner only in respect of sentence after noticing the fact of dismissal of the petitioner from his service.” (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/87354/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0030)

**Record:** CW-2010-0030 (compiler id CWC-1281); case GAP3-85-010
**Title:** \[name withheld\] vs The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Vellore Range and Another
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: N. Paul Vasanthakumar
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No.1811 of 2006
**Judgment:** 2010-06-28 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1991-12-11 (1991)
**Place:** Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu (district at time: Vellore); city town: Tirupattur; police station or unit: Tirupattur Town Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Tamil Nadu Forest Act 1882 s.36(E); TN Sandalwood Possession Rules 1970 r.3(1); Probation of Offenders Act 1958 s.4; Probation of Offenders Act 1958 s.12; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Grade-II Police Constable, Tirupattur Town Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. Grade-II Constable of Tirupattur Town Police Station challenged his dismissal and the rejection of his reinstatement plea following his conviction for concealing sandalwood in a 1991 forest offence. The court found that the conviction under the Tamil Nadu Forest Act stood confirmed through appeal and revision, with only the sentence of imprisonment set aside in favour of release on probation. The court held that the department was entitled to remove a convicted constable and, applying Trikha Ram, treated the dismissal as a removal so as not to disqualify him from future employment. The writ petition was dismissed with no costs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Here, the conviction imposed against the petitioner is not set aside and the leniency was shown to the petitioner only in respect of sentence after noticing the fact of dismissal of the petitioner from his service.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/87354/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** \[name withheld\] vs The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Vellore Range and Another
**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': '2010-06-28', '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. No.1811 of 2006', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/87354/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** HC dismissed constable's writ; removal from service for a standing forest-offence conviction upheld (off-duty crime, borderline scope).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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