# State of Punjab vs Punjab Police Head Constable (officiating Assistant Sub-Inspector)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 13 October 1970 in Civil Appeals Nos. 336 of 1969 and 844 of 1966, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: J. C. Shah, K. S. Hegde, A. N. Grover, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable (officiating Assistant Sub-Inspector), Punjab Police.

- Register number: PB 00 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Appeals Nos. 336 of 1969 and 844 of 1966 / AIR 1971 SC 1676; (1970) 3 SCC 656
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: J. C. Shah, K. S. Hegde, A. N. Grover, JJ.), 13 October 1970
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable (officiating Assistant Sub-Inspector), Punjab Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “A charge was leveled against him of having fabricated false evidence while investigating a criminal case. An enquiry was held by the Deputy Superintendent of Police who submitted a report on March 25, 1954 to the District Superintendent finding the …” (at para 1)
- 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/754938/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1970-0003)

**Record:** CW-1970-0003 (compiler id CWC-1106); case GAP3-127-015
**Title:** State of Punjab vs Punjab Police Head Constable (officiating Assistant Sub-Inspector)
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: J. C. Shah; K. S. Hegde; A. N. Grover
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeals Nos. 336 of 1969 and 844 of 1966 / AIR 1971 SC 1676; (1970) 3 SCC 656
**Judgment:** 1970-10-13 (1970, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1954-01-01 (1954)
**Place:** Punjab; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable (officiating Assistant Sub-Inspector), Punjab Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Supreme Court on 13 October 1970 allowed the State's appeal and dismissed Head Constable's suit, sustaining his 1954 dismissal from the Punjab Police. The Court found that the officiating ASI had been found guilty in a departmental enquiry of fabricating false evidence while investigating a criminal case. It held that the earlier writ judgment dismissing his challenge operated as res judicata, that the plea had not been waived, and that nearly a decade's delay in attacking that judgment could not be condoned. The fabrication charge itself was not re-tried, and no compensation was ordered. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> A charge was leveled against him of having fabricated false evidence while investigating a criminal case. An enquiry was held by the Deputy Superintendent of Police who submitted a report on March 25, 1954 to the District Superintendent finding the respondent guilty of the charge.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/754938/); [pub-138b930c26524cb4bf6e9099898947c0.r2.dev](https://pub-138b930c26524cb4bf6e9099898947c0.r2.dev/judgments/1970/State_Of_Punjab_vs_Bua_Das_Kaushal_on_13_October_1970_1.PDF)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**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:** 1
**display title redacted:** State of Punjab vs Punjab Police Head Constable (officiating Assistant Sub-Inspector)
**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': '1970-10-13', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'AIR 1971 SC 1676; (1970) 3 SCC 656', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/754938/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://pub-138b930c26524cb4bf6e9099898947c0.r2.dev/judgments/1970/State_Of_Punjab_vs_Bua_Das_Kaushal_on_13_October_1970_1.PDF', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**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:** SC restored dismissal of officiating ASI for fabricating evidence; res judicata from earlier writ barred the suit.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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