# Ambala Police Constable (No. 1751) vs Inspector General of Police, Punjab and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 August 1967 in Civil Writ No. 756 of 1966, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Tek Chand, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable (No. 1751), Police Lines, Ambala.

- Register number: HR 01 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Writ No. 756 of 1966 / AIR 1970 P&H 81; (1968) 1 ILR (P&H) 368
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Tek Chand, J.), 1 August 1967
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable (No. 1751), Police Lines, Ambala
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 16.2(1) of the Punjab Police Rules, 1934
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Having carefully gone through the impugned orders, I cannot find any error or lacunao which may be deemed to be apparent on the face of the record. After giving due weight to the issues raised, I find the petition devoid …” (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/1669326/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1967-0001)

**Record:** CW-1967-0001 (compiler id CWC-0892); case GAP2-49-008
**Title:** Ambala Police Constable (No. 1751) vs Inspector General of Police, Punjab and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Tek Chand
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ No. 756 of 1966 / AIR 1970 P&H 81; (1968) 1 ILR (P&H) 368
**Judgment:** 1967-08-01 (1967, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1965-01-03 (1965)
**Place:** Ambala, Haryana; city town: Ambala; police station or unit: Police Lines, Ambala; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Punjab Police Rules 1934 r.16.2(1)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable (No. 1751), Police Lines, Ambala (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. Constable (No. 1751), posted at the Police Lines, Ambala, allegedly consumed liquor off duty on 3 January 1965 and created a noisy, rowdy scene in Barrack No. 1, and the police doctor opined he had taken liquor. An enquiry by Sub-Inspector held him guilty, and the SP dismissed him on 4 March 1965 for grave misconduct, affirmed on departmental appeal and revision. The High Court held that no prejudice was caused by non-supply of the Reserve Inspector's report, that the medical and other evidence sustained the finding, and that the gravest-misconduct standard for dismissal under Rule 16.2(1) was met on these facts. It dismissed the writ petition, leaving the dismissal intact. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Having carefully gone through the impugned orders, I cannot find any error or lacunao which may be deemed to be apparent on the face of the record. After giving due weight to the issues raised, I find the petition devoid of merit and it is, therefore, dismissed.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1669326/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/610712/bhagwat-parshad-vs-inspector-general)
**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:** 19
**display title redacted:** Ambala Police Constable (No. 1751) vs Inspector General of Police, Punjab 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': '1967-08-01', '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': 'AIR 1970 P&H 81; (1968) 1 ILR (P&H) 368', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1669326/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/610712/bhagwat-parshad-vs-inspector-general', '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:** Writ dismissed; dismissal for drunken rowdyism in Police Lines upheld — disciplinary_upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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