# State (VACB Special Cell) vs Kerala Police Director General of Police (retired 31 July 2023)

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Trial-court conviction (Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Kottayam (Sri K.V. Rejanish); Special Court (ACB)). Convicted 17 September 2026. Appeal status: No appeal known.

## Summary

The Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Kottayam, Sri K.V. Rejanish, found former Kerala DGP guilty in a disproportionate-assets case pending for nearly two decades and sentenced him to four years' rigorous imprisonment with a Rs 30.84 lakh fine. The court held he acquired houses, flats and other properties worth Rs 64,70,891 during 01-01-2003 to 04-07-2007, 135.80% in excess of his known sources of income, rejecting his defence of family partition and gifts. \[name withheld\], who rose to DGP even as the vigilance probe progressed, is the first Kerala officer to retire as DGP and then be sentenced to imprisonment; only ex-IG \[name withheld\] preceded him as a jailed Kerala IPS officer.

## Report card

By judgment dated 17 September 2026, the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Kottayam (Sri K.V. Rejanish) convicted the Director General of Police (retired 31 July 2023), Kerala Police.

- Register number: KL 05 CW 0004
- Case reference: C.C. 03/2020 (VC 03/2007/SCE), CNR KLVC020000482020; reported in the judgment of the Court of the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Kottayam
- Court and date: The Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Kottayam (Sri K.V. Rejanish), 17 September 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Director General of Police (retired 31 July 2023), Kerala Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Facts in brief: The Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Kottayam, Sri K.V. Rejanish, found former Kerala DGP guilty in a disproportionate-assets case pending for nearly two decades and sentenced him to four years' rigorous imprisonment with a Rs 30.84 lakh fine. The court held he acquired houses, flats and other properties worth Rs 64,70,891 during 01-01-2003 to 04-07-2007, 135.80% in excess of his known sources of income, rejecting his defence of family partition and gifts. \[name withheld\], who rose to DGP even as the vigilance probe progressed, is the first Kerala officer to retire as DGP and then be sentenced to imprisonment; only ex-IG \[name withheld\] preceded him as a jailed Kerala IPS officer.
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 4 years rigorous imprisonment and Rs 30,84,892 fine
- Present status of the proceedings: No appeal is known from the cited sources.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/09/17/9562323f-28a8-41fd-bf83-db8f780bfaee-700808.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2-11-003)

## At a glance

- Category: Other misconduct
- Sub-category: other
- Location: Kottayam, Kerala
- Officers: Director General of Police (retired 31 July 2023), Kerala Police
- Sentence: 4 years rigorous imprisonment and Rs 30,84,892 fine
- Verification: V1 · Trial court