# Rachakonda Police Reserve Sub-Inspector v. The Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 3 March 2023 in Writ Petition No. 24577 of 2022, the Telangana High Court (Coram: N.V. Shravan Kumar, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Reserve Sub-Inspector, Rachakonda Police Commissionerate.

- Register number: TG 08 CW 0001
- Case reference: Writ Petition No. 24577 of 2022
- Court and date: Telangana High Court (Coram: N.V. Shravan Kumar, J.), 3 March 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Reserve Sub-Inspector, Rachakonda Police Commissionerate
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 354-D of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Rule 3 of the Telangana Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964; Rule 9(vi)-(x), r.21(5) of the CCA Rules; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The petitioner did not maintain absolute integrity towards his job and he got involved in a criminal case in Cr.No.357 of 2019 under Section 354-D IPC of Malkajgiri PS., which is derogatory to the image of Police department in the …” (at para para 32)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld.
- 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/78879004/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0037)

**Record:** CW-2023-0037 (compiler id CWC-0928); case GAP2-8-004
**Title:** Rachakonda Police Reserve Sub-Inspector v. The Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda & Ors.
**Court:** Telangana High Court; judges: N.V. Shravan Kumar
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition No. 24577 of 2022
**Judgment:** 2023-03-03 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2019-05-24 (2019)
**Place:** Medchal-Malkajgiri, Telangana; city town: Malkajgiri; police station or unit: Rachakonda Police Commissionerate; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC s.354-D; Telangana Civil Services (Conduct) Rules 1964 r.3; CCA Rules r.9(vi)-(x), r.21(5); Constitution Art.226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Reserve Sub-Inspector, Rachakonda Police Commissionerate (1 in record)
**Victims:** Malkajgiri woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The Telangana High Court dismissed the writ petition of Reserve Sub-Inspector challenging the major penalty imposed after a woman complainant alleged he tried to outrage her modesty on the pretext of coaching her for police-constable recruitment (Crime No. 357 of 2019, Malkajgiri). The Court held the departmental charge proved on preponderance of probabilities, that his explanation was not genuine, that the criminal acquittal on hostile witnesses had no bearing on the departmental finding, and that he had violated Rule 3 of the Conduct Rules. It sustained the postponement of increments for three years with effect on future increments and pension, with the suspension period treated as not on duty. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The petitioner did not maintain absolute integrity towards his job and he got involved in a criminal case in Cr.No.357 of 2019 under Section 354-D IPC of Malkajgiri PS., which is derogatory to the image of Police department in the eyes of general public.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/78879004/)
**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:** para 32
**display title redacted:** Rachakonda Police Reserve Sub-Inspector v. The Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda & 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': '2023-03-03', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Telangana High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Telangana High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'Writ Petition No. 24577 of 2022', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/78879004/', '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:** Telangana HC dismissed RSI's writ; major penalty (3-year increment stoppage) for sexual misconduct toward woman trainee upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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