# Karjan Police Sub-Inspector of Police v. State of Bombay

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 September 1958 in First Appeal No. 719 of 1953, the Bombay High Court (Coram: K. K. Desai, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Sub-Inspector of Police, Karjan Police Station, Baroda district.

- Register number: GJ 06 CW 0001
- Case reference: First Appeal No. 719 of 1953 / (1959) 61 BomLR 1625 : (1960) ILLJ 66 Bom : AIR 1960 Bom 225
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: K. K. Desai, J.), 19 September 1958
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, Karjan Police Station, Baroda district
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 311(2) of the Constitution of India; Article 20(2) of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the result the suit is dismissed with costs.” (at para 32)
- 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://www.legalindia.com/judgments/d-a-kelshikar-vs-state-of-bombay-on-19-september-1958); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1958-0003)

**Record:** CW-1958-0003 (compiler id CWC-1129); case GAP3-19-003
**Title:** Karjan Police Sub-Inspector of Police v. State of Bombay
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: K. K. Desai
**Case number / citation:** First Appeal No. 719 of 1953 / (1959) 61 BomLR 1625 : (1960) ILLJ 66 Bom : AIR 1960 Bom 225
**Judgment:** 1958-09-19 (1958, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1950-01-31 (1950)
**Place:** Vadodara, Gujarat (district at time: Baroda); city town: Karjan; police station or unit: Karjan Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 311(2); Constitution Art. 20(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, Karjan Police Station, Baroda district (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. Sub-Inspector of Karjan was found at a drinking party in Atali village on 31 January 1950, suspended, charge-sheeted for serious misconduct violating the prohibition-obedience circular, and removed from the force by Government resolution dated 5 April 1952. He sued, alleging denial of reasonable opportunity under Article 311(2) and double punishment. The Court held the departmental enquiry duly completed, the show-cause notice satisfied Article 311(2) with no second hearing required, and Government took a serious view of prohibition defaults. It dismissed the suit with costs, upholding removal. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the result the suit is dismissed with costs.

**Sources (3):** [legalindia.com](https://www.legalindia.com/judgments/d-a-kelshikar-vs-state-of-bombay-on-19-september-1958); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/927730/da-kelshikar-appellant-hash-state-of-bombay-respondent/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/345955/d-a-kelshikar-vs-state-bombay)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**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:** 32
**display title redacted:** Karjan Police Sub-Inspector of Police v. State of Bombay
**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': '1958-09-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(1959) 61 BomLR 1625 : (1960) ILLJ 66 Bom : AIR 1960 Bom 225', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.legalindia.com/judgments/d-a-kelshikar-vs-state-of-bombay-on-19-september-1958', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/927730/da-kelshikar-appellant-hash-state-of-bombay-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/345955/d-a-kelshikar-vs-state-bombay', '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:** Bombay HC judgment verified; Sub-Inspector's removal for prohibition-policy misconduct upheld (disciplinary_upheld).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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