{ "record_id": "CW-1994-0006", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0889", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Punjab Police Ex-Constable vs State of Punjab and Another", "display_title_redacted": "Punjab Police Ex-Constable vs State of Punjab and Another", "state": "Punjab", "district": "Amritsar", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Amritsar", "police_station_or_unit": "Guard party, residence of SSP Amritsar, Punjab Police", "court": "Punjab and Haryana High Court", "court_as_verified": "Punjab and Haryana High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Punjab Police Ex-Constable vs State of Punjab and Another", "case_number": "Regular Second Appeal No. 220 of 1989", "citation": "(1994) 01 P&H CK 0128", "judges": [ "A.L. Bahri" ], "judgment_date": "1994-01-14", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 1994, "incident_date": "1983-01-19", "incident_year": 1983, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "misconduct", "admin_subcategory": "other", "subcategory": "other", "subcategory_display": "other", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [ "Punjab Police Rules 1934 r.16.2", "Punjab Police Rules 1934 r.16.24(1)" ], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Ex-Constable", "role": "held_liable", "unit": "Guard party, residence of SSP Amritsar, Punjab Police", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:no_row", "key2:no_row" ], "ledger_role": null, "key2": null, "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": null, "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": null, "jev_p_culpable": null, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Ex-Constable, Guard party, residence of SSP Amritsar, Punjab Police" } ], "officer_count": 1, "victims": [], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 0, "sentence_type": "dismissal", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/160470/dharam-singh-ex-constable-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-another-respondent/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. Constable was posted on armed sentry duty (10 p.m. to 2 a.m.) at the residence of the SSP Amritsar on the night of 19-20 January 1983, but slept in the garage, and his service rifle was stolen (FIR No. 50 under Section 380 IPC). After a regular enquiry he was dismissed from service, affirmed on departmental appeal and revision, and his civil suit was dismissed by both lower courts. In regular second appeal he argued only that dismissal was disproportionate since the rifle was later recovered at his instance. The High Court held that abandoning armed sentry duty and allowing the rifle to be stolen was the gravest misconduct rendering him completely unfit for the police, and dismissed the appeal with no order as to costs.", "summary_verified": "Constable was posted on armed sentry duty (10 p.m. to 2 a.m.) at the residence of the SSP Amritsar on the night of 19-20 January 1983, but slept in the garage, and his service rifle was stolen (FIR No. 50 under Section 380 IPC). After a regular enquiry he was dismissed from service, affirmed on departmental appeal and revision, and his civil suit was dismissed by both lower courts. In regular second appeal he argued only that dismissal was disproportionate since the rifle was later recovered at his instance. The High Court held that abandoning armed sentry duty and allowing the rifle to be stolen was the gravest misconduct rendering him completely unfit for the police, and dismissed the appeal with no order as to costs.", "court_quote": "Such an act on his part is gravest in nature which would completely make him unfit for police department", "court_quote_para": "4", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Second appeal dismissed; dismissal for sleeping on armed sentry duty upheld — disciplinary_upheld.", "verification_status": "V2", "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported", "tier_badge": "Externally reported", "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded", "tier_history": [ "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded" ], "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" } ], "institutional_response": [ { "date": "1994-01-14", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Punjab and Haryana High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.", "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only", "source": "(1994) 01 P&H CK 0128", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." } ], "later_proceedings": [], "final_outcome_url": null, "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", "last_checked": "2026-09-19", "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/160470/dharam-singh-ex-constable-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-another-respondent/", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": true, "verified_by": [ "chunk-74" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP2-49-004", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }