# Malkangiri Police Constable v. State of Orissa & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 August 1974 in O.J.C. No. 240 of 1973, the Orissa High Court (Coram: G. K. Misra, B. K. Ray, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Malkangiri Police Station.

- Register number: OD 30 CW 0001
- Case reference: O.J.C. No. 240 of 1973 / (1974) 40 CLT 1294
- Court and date: Orissa High Court (Coram: G. K. Misra, B. K. Ray, JJ.), 20 August 1974
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Malkangiri Police Station
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Rule 90, 93, 94 of the Orissa Service Code
- Finding of the Court (extract): “On the aforesaid analysis the writ application succeeds in part and a writ of mandamus be issued directing payment, of salary as Indicated above.” (at para 5)
- 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.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/91812/banshidhar-panigrahi-appellant-hash-state-of-orissa-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1974-0004)

**Record:** CW-1974-0004 (compiler id CWC-1307); case GAP3-91-002
**Title:** Malkangiri Police Constable v. State of Orissa & Ors.
**Court:** Orissa High Court; judges: G. K. Misra; B. K. Ray
**Case number / citation:** O.J.C. No. 240 of 1973 / (1974) 40 CLT 1294
**Judgment:** 1974-08-20 (1974, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1967-03-25 (1967)
**Place:** Malkangiri, Odisha (district at time: Koraput); city town: Malkangiri; police station or unit: Malkangiri Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 342; IPC 392; Orissa Service Code Rules 90, 93, 94
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Malkangiri Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Police constable of Malkangiri P.S. faced an FIR under sections 342/392 IPC in March 1967, was suspended, convicted and fined (conviction upheld on 3 April 1969 with reduced fine), and was dismissed from service in September 1969 after a parallel disciplinary proceeding. He challenged the dismissal alleging delayed subsistence allowance denied him reasonable opportunity and that retrospective dismissal was bad. On 20 August 1974 the Division Bench rejected the challenge to the dismissal itself, holding he had received subsistence amounts and never pleaded inability to attend the enquiry. The court allowed the writ only to the extent of full salary from 3 April 1969 till communication of dismissal, holding dismissal effective 19 September 1969; the dismissal stood. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> On the aforesaid analysis the writ application succeeds in part and a writ of mandamus be issued directing payment, of salary as Indicated above.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/91812/banshidhar-panigrahi-appellant-hash-state-of-orissa-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** 5
**display title redacted:** Malkangiri Police Constable v. State of Orissa & Ors.
**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': '1974-08-20', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Orissa High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Orissa High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(1974) 40 CLT 1294', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/91812/banshidhar-panigrahi-appellant-hash-state-of-orissa-and-others-respondent/', '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:** Dismissal of constable for criminal misconduct sustained; writ allowed only for interim salary.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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