# Chennai Resident vs The Additional Director General of Police and Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai

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## Report card

By judgment dated 8 September 2011 in W.P. No.49373 of 2006 (O.A. No.2816 of 2001), the Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Inspector of Police, Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Greater Chennai Police.

- Register number: TN 01 CW 0009
- Case reference: W.P. No.49373 of 2006 (O.A. No.2816 of 2001)
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.), 8 September 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Greater Chennai Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act; Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Considering the fact that the petitioner got involved in a corruption case which was found proved by the Special Court and confirmed by this Court in the Criminal appeal and the petitioner being a member of the uniformed service he …” (at para 29)
- 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/124240723/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0037)

**Record:** CW-2011-0037 (compiler id CWC-1274); case GAP3-85-003
**Title:** Chennai Resident vs The Additional Director General of Police and Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: K. Chandru
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No.49373 of 2006 (O.A. No.2816 of 2001)
**Judgment:** 2011-09-08 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1987-03-02 (1987)
**Place:** Chennai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Chennai; police station or unit: Prohibition Enforcement Wing Police Station (Cr.No.45/87); force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 161; PC Act s.5(2); PC Act s.5(1)(d)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Greater Chennai Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Chennai resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. Inspector demanded Rs.10,000 for deleting accused \[name withheld\]'s name from PEW Cr.No.45/87 and accepted the first instalment of Rs.5,000 on 02.03.1987. He was convicted by the Special Judge, Tirunelveli in S.C. No.1/89 with one year RI and fine per count, and the conviction was confirmed by the High Court in Crl.A. No.25 of 2001. The Commissioner dismissed him from service for an offence involving moral turpitude under PSO 59(1). The Court held that only the sentence, not the conviction, had been suspended on appeal, and dismissed the writ, upholding the dismissal while protecting salary earned under interim orders from recovery.

> Considering the fact that the petitioner got involved in a corruption case which was found proved by the Special Court and confirmed by this Court in the Criminal appeal and the petitioner being a member of the uniformed service he cannot be shown any leniency in such a matter.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/124240723/)
**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:** 29
**display title redacted:** Chennai Resident vs The Additional Director General of Police and Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai
**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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2011-09-08', '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.49373 of 2006 (O.A. No.2816 of 2001)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/124240723/', '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:** HC upheld dismissal of Inspector convicted of bribery; corruption conviction confirmed on appeal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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