# Dharwad Police Police Constable vs State of Mysore

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 October 1970 in Civil Appeal No. 485 of 1967, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: M. Hidayatullah, A. N. Ray, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police Constable, Dharwad district police.

- Register number: KA 25 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Appeal No. 485 of 1967 / AIR 1972 SC 32
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: M. Hidayatullah, A. N. Ray, JJ.), 16 October 1970
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Dharwad district police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “If a police officer remains absent without leave and also resorts to fast as a demonstration against the action of the superior officer the indiscipline is fully established.” (at para n/a)
- 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/1481963/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1970-0004)

**Record:** CW-1970-0004 (compiler id CWC-1226); case GAP3-55-001
**Title:** Dharwad Police Police Constable vs State of Mysore
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: M. Hidayatullah; A. N. Ray
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 485 of 1967 / AIR 1972 SC 32
**Judgment:** 1970-10-16 (1970, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1953-01-01 (1953)
**Place:** Dharwad, Karnataka (district at time: Dharwar); city town: Dharwad; police station or unit: Dharwad District Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Dharwad district police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Supreme Court on 16 October 1970 dismissed the appeal of former police constable, sustaining his 1953 dismissal from the Mysore (now Karnataka) police. The Court found that he had overstayed sanctioned leave from January 1953 without permission and then staged a seven-day public fast near Dharwar as a demonstration against his superior officers. It held that admission of facts in a departmental enquiry amounts to a plea of guilty and that absence without leave coupled with a demonstrative fast is fully established indiscipline in a police force. The dismissal was held merited; the case involved internal indiscipline with no public victim. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> If a police officer remains absent without leave and also resorts to fast as a demonstration against the action of the superior officer the indiscipline is fully established.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1481963/); [advocatekhoj.com](https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1970/october/channabasappa-basappa-happali-vs-state-of-mysore-insc-220-16-october-1970-12)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Dharwad Police Police Constable vs State of Mysore
**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': '1970-10-16', '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 1972 SC 32', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1481963/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1970/october/channabasappa-basappa-happali-vs-state-of-mysore-insc-220-16-october-1970-12', '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:** SC upheld dismissal of constable for overstaying leave and staging a protest fast; internal indiscipline, no public victim.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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