# Shalimar Police Sub-Inspector v. State of West Bengal and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 February 1954 in Civil Rule challenging dismissal order dated 21-8-1952, the Calcutta High Court (Coram: Sinha, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Sub-Inspector, Shalimar Government Railway Police Station, Howrah.

- Register number: WB 11 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Rule challenging dismissal order dated 21-8-1952 / AIR 1955 Cal 183
- Court and date: Calcutta High Court (Coram: Sinha, J.), 5 February 1954
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Shalimar Government Railway Police Station, Howrah
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Police Act, 1861; Section 35 of the Police Act, 1861; Section 42 of the Police Act, 1861; Article 311 of the Constitution of India; Article 320(3)(c) of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “All that has to be seen is as to whether he had honestly and impartially come to a conclusion which a reasonable man could arrive at. Judged by this test I find no error on the face of his findings.” (at para 19)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1166907/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1954-0004)

**Record:** CW-1954-0004 (compiler id CWC-1150); case GAP3-28-003
**Title:** Shalimar Police Sub-Inspector v. State of West Bengal and Others
**Court:** Calcutta High Court; judges: Sinha
**Case number / citation:** Civil Rule challenging dismissal order dated 21-8-1952 / AIR 1955 Cal 183
**Judgment:** 1954-02-05 (1954, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1948-01-01 (1948)
**Place:** Howrah, West Bengal; city town: Shalimar; police station or unit: Shalimar Government Railway Police Station; force: railway
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Police Act 1861 s.7; Police Act 1861 s.35; Police Act 1861 s.42; Constitution Art. 311; Constitution Art. 320(3)(c)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Shalimar Government Railway Police Station, Howrah (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Sub-Inspector, officer-in-charge of Shalimar GRPS from December 1948, faced seven charges of misappropriation in malkhana goods sales during 1948-1950 following anonymous complaints, CID investigation and a DSP enquiry, and was dismissed on 21 August 1952. The court held that departmental findings honestly and impartially reached on circumstantial evidence were unexceptionable. It found no violation of Articles 311 or 320(3)(c), held the section 42 Police Act limitation inapplicable to departmental enquiries, and held the enquiry officer's dual role did not vitiate the findings. The application failed, the Rule was discharged and all interim orders vacated. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> All that has to be seen is as to whether he had honestly and impartially come to a conclusion which a reasonable man could arrive at. Judged by this test I find no error on the face of his findings.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1166907/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56095edde4b01497112c8d39)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** other
**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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 19
**display title redacted:** Shalimar Police Sub-Inspector v. State of West Bengal and Others
**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
**institutional response:** {'date': '1954-02-05', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Calcutta High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Calcutta High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'AIR 1955 Cal 183', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1166907/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56095edde4b01497112c8d39', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** Calcutta HC discharged the Rule; dismissal of Shalimar GRPS officer-in-charge for malkhana misappropriation (1948-1950) upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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