The incident took place in Chennai’s Virugambakkam in 2014 and dismissal orders were passed in 2016
The incident took place in Chennai’s Virugambakkam in 2014 and dismissal orders were passed in 2016
The Madras High Court has refused to interfere with an order passed by the police department in 2016, asking a head constable and a grade II constable to go to a women’s hostel in Virugambakkam, Chennai in 2014 and misbehave with prisoners in 2014. was dismissed from service for.
Justice SM Subramaniam dismissed their writ petitions pending in the court since 2016 and confirmed the sentence imposed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police on January 26, 2016 and confirmed by the Commissioner of Police on July 27, 2016, while allowing a statutory appeal by the petitioner. rejected. ,
Petitioners, G. Raja and K. Kumarasan had argued that there was no evidence to substantiate the charges leveled against him and yet the investigating officer found him guilty. Disagreeing with them, the judge said, that it was a clear case of preponderance of possibility and, therefore, the sentence could not be interfered with.
Though a woman from the hostel had visited the police station to lodge a complaint against the petitioners and appeared before the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Vadapalani Range, who was the investigating officer in the case, she later vacated the hostel and was given She went somewhere else without informing. Anybody’s whereabouts.
“Such a circumstance created doubts in the minds of the officers. They have drawn a factual conclusion that there is a possibility of intimidation and mental pressure on the women residing in the women’s hostel and they were afraid of such constant harassment,” the judge wrote.
He further said: “This apprehension created a serious concern in the mind of the Inquiry Officer, the Disciplinary Authority as well as the Appellate Authority. Such apprehension is not based on mere conjectures or assumptions but on past conduct and sexual harassment by the petitioners.” based on harassment.”