IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC vs. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND 3 OTHERS, EX PARTE: NO. 33006 D/SGT CHRISTOPHER OKPATTA [2019]DLHC11767

IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC vs. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND 3 OTHERS, EX P... [2019]DLHC11767

Date	2019-02-04
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LIMSC 6/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC11767

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE FRANCIS OBIRI

DIANA ESSIEN FOR THE APPLICANT

BOAKYE BOATENG FOR THE 4th RESPONDENT

[2019]DLHC11767
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IN THE
MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW<o:p></o:p>IN THE
NATURE OF CERTIORARI PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 141 OF THE 1992 CONSTITUTION<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>IN THE
MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>INSPECTOR
GENERAL OF POLICE AND 3 OTHERS &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE: NO.
33006 D/SGT CHRISTOPHER OKPATTA<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. LIMSC 6/2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
4TH FEBRUARY 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>DIANA ESSIEN FOR THE APPLICANT<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE&nbsp;&nbsp; FRANCIS
OBIRI<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;This court has been called
upon to determine the propriety or otherwise of the proceedings conducted by
the Regional Disciplinary Board, Kumasi, and which was confirmed by the Central
Disciplinary Board, Accra in respect of the Applicant.<o:p></o:p>The Applicant per the contents
of his application filed on 2nd November 2018 is praying this court,
for an order of certiorari directed at the Central Disciplinary Board, Accra to
bring up to this court for purposes of being quashed; the decision of the
Central Disciplinary Board, which reduced his&nbsp;
&nbsp;rank from Detective Sergeant
(D/Sgt) to General Corporal (G/CPL).&nbsp; The
decision was made on 22nd August, 2018.<o:p></o:p>The facts behind this
application are that the Applicant was charged with the offence of misconduct contrary
to section 82 (i) (h) (iii) of the Police Service Regulation, 2012 (CI 76)<o:p></o:p>He was alleged to have
extorted an amount of GH₵1700 from the family of four
suspects he was investigating their case as detective officer on or around 12th
April 2016.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>According to the facts,
this was brought to the attention of the Divisional Commander of Ghana Police
Service, Asokwa.&nbsp; The facts continue that
when the Applicant was confronted with the issue, he denied same.&nbsp; He was searched and an amount of GH₵1700 was retrieved from him. &nbsp;&nbsp;He however claimed the amount was his monthly
salary.&nbsp; &nbsp;He was later charged with an offence of
misconduct contrary to section 82 (i) (h) (iii) of CI 76. Formal proceeding was
held in respect of the charge under regulation 101 (c) of CI 76.&nbsp; This was under the authority of the Regional
Disciplinary Board, Kumasi.<o:p></o:p>The officer who held the
service enquiry recommended among other things that; he should be reverted to general
Police duties.<o:p></o:p>The Ashanti Regional
Disciplinary Board also recommended as follows: <o:p></o:p>