{ "record_id": "CW-2006-0024", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0982", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Dhanbad Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others", "display_title_redacted": "Dhanbad Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others", "state": "Jharkhand", "district": "Dhanbad", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Dhanbad", "police_station_or_unit": "Sadar Court, Dhanbad", "court": "Jharkhand High Court", "court_as_verified": "Jharkhand High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Dhanbad Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others", "case_number": "LPA against order dated 12.07.2005 in W.P.(S) No. 3220 of 2005 (LPA number not stated in judgment text)", "citation": "[2006(4) JCR 301 (JHR)]", "judges": [ "S.J. Mukhopadhaya", "Permod Kohli" ], "judgment_date": "2006-05-19", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2006, "incident_date": "2000-11-01", "incident_year": 2000, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "misconduct", "admin_subcategory": "dereliction_evidence_tampering", "subcategory": "dereliction_evidence_tampering", "subcategory_display": "dereliction evidence tampering", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Constable", "role": "held_liable", "unit": "Sadar Court, Dhanbad", "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": "Constable, Sadar Court, Dhanbad" } ], "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://indiankanoon.org/doc/747511/", "secondary_sources": [ "[2006(4)JCR301(JHR)]" ], "summary": "The Jharkhand High Court Division Bench (S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Permod Kohli JJ.) on 19 May 2006 dismissed the Letters Patent Appeal of constable of Sadar Court, Dhanbad, against his dismissal for habitual absconding from duty since November 2000. The court recorded that an ex parte departmental enquiry had held him guilty after he failed to participate, and that the Superintendent of Police, Dhanbad had dismissed him on 27 July 2003 considering his reply, the enquiry report and about eleven prior instances of absconding. The court held the dismissal was not contrary to Rule 826 of the Bihar Police Manual Vol. 1 nor disproportionate, and that no subsistence-allowance illegality occurred since he never stayed at headquarters during suspension. It found no ground to interfere with the dismissal or the Single Judge's order dismissing his writ petition, and dismissed the appeal.", "summary_verified": "The Jharkhand High Court Division Bench (S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Permod Kohli JJ.) on 19 May 2006 dismissed the Letters Patent Appeal of constable of Sadar Court, Dhanbad, against his dismissal for habitual absconding from duty since November 2000. The court recorded that an ex parte departmental enquiry had held him guilty after he failed to participate, and that the Superintendent of Police, Dhanbad had dismissed him on 27 July 2003 considering his reply, the enquiry report and about eleven prior instances of absconding. The court held the dismissal was not contrary to Rule 826 of the Bihar Police Manual Vol. 1 nor disproportionate, and that no subsistence-allowance illegality occurred since he never stayed at headquarters during suspension. It found no ground to interfere with the dismissal or the Single Judge's order dismissing his writ petition, and dismissed the appeal.", "court_quote": "We find no ground to be made out to interfere with the order of dismissal nor any ground has been made out to interfere with the order, passed by the learned Single Judge. There being no merit, this appeal is hereby dismissed.", "court_quote_para": "13", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "LPA dismissed; constable's dismissal for habitual absconding 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": "2006-05-19", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Jharkhand High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Jharkhand High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.", "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only", "source": "[2006(4) JCR 301 (JHR)]", "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://indiankanoon.org/doc/747511/", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "[2006(4)JCR301(JHR)]", "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-82" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP3-102-004", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }