{ "record_id": "CW-2017-0023", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-1026", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others", "display_title_redacted": "CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others", "state": "Bihar", "district": "Bhojpur", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Jagdishpur", "police_station_or_unit": "147 Battalion, CRPF, Kashipur Silchar", "court": "Patna High Court", "court_as_verified": "Patna High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others", "case_number": "Letters Patent Appeal No. 1345 of 2014 (arising out of C.W.J.C. No. 11660 of 2008)", "citation": null, "judges": [ "Ajay Kumar Tripathi", "Nilu Agrawal" ], "judgment_date": "2017-04-28", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2017, "incident_date": "2007-01-01", "incident_year": 2007, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "misconduct", "admin_subcategory": "other", "subcategory": "other", "subcategory_display": "other", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Constable", "unit": "147 Battalion, CRPF (Kashipur, Silchar)", "role": "held_liable", "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, 147 Battalion, CRPF (Kashipur, Silchar)" } ], "officer_count": 1, "victims": [], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 0, "sentence_type": "dismissal", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "central_armed", "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/123739320/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "The judgment of the Patna High Court records the following account. [name withheld] was appointed as a CRPF constable in 147 Battalion at Kashipur, Silchar on his declaration of Scheduled Tribe status. Verification by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Jagdishpur found the caste certificate forged and fake and the appellant outside the ST category, and the Commandant dismissed him on 25.10.2007. A Single Bench dismissed his writ (CWJC 11660/2008) on 07.05.2014 after traversing the enquiry. On appeal, the Division Bench held services obtained by foul method cannot be protected by any court and the direct beneficiary cannot be rewarded for his own wrong. The appeal was dismissed and the dismissal from service stands.", "summary_verified": "[name withheld] was appointed as a CRPF constable in 147 Battalion at Kashipur, Silchar on his declaration of Scheduled Tribe status. Verification by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Jagdishpur found the caste certificate forged and fake and the appellant outside the ST category, and the Commandant dismissed him on 25.10.2007. A Single Bench dismissed his writ (CWJC 11660/2008) on 07.05.2014 after traversing the enquiry. On appeal, the Division Bench held services obtained by foul method cannot be protected by any court and the direct beneficiary cannot be rewarded for his own wrong. The appeal was dismissed and the dismissal from service stands.", "court_quote": "After due examination of the order impugned and the materials, we come to the finding that the learned single Judge has committed no error in dismissing the writ application because the appellant cannot be rewarded for a wrong committed by him and him alone as he was the direct beneficiary. Appeal is dismissed.", "court_quote_para": "n/a", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Primary source read; Division Bench dismissed LPA, upholding dismissal for forged ST certificate.", "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": "2017-04-28", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Patna High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Patna High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.", "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only", "source": "Letters Patent Appeal No. 1345 of 2014 (arising out of C.W.J.C. No. 11660 of 2008)", "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/123739320/", "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-87" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP3-105-027", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }