Judgment

K. Venkataswami, J.-Special leave granted.

Heard counsel on both sides.

2. The respondent was working as Police Constable in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. He was proceeded departmentally for the follow­ing charges:-

“(i) Highly reprehensible conduct in having demanded and extract­ed gold jewels weighing 31 grams from one T. Pitachandi Asari, Thangam Jewellers, Alexandria Press Road, Nagercoil, under coercion on 28.5.1983 with other members of crime detective party.

(ii) In having not issued with any receipt to the said T. Pitc­handi Asari, or in not having seized the said jewells under proper mahazar; and

(iii) In not having showed the jewels in any of the crime investigated by the Crime Detective Party.

II. Highly reprehensible conduct as a member of Crime Detective Party;

(i) In not having shown the arrest of one Hentry Victor and Shahul Hameed concerned in CCS. No. 257/83 under Section 457/380 IPC which was registered on 12.5.1983 on the complaint of T. Dennison and keeping the accused for number of days without any record;

(ii) In having not recovered the property under prope