# Inspector-General of Police, Punjab vs \[name withheld\]

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## Report card

By judgment dated 24 July 1975 in Letters Patent Appeal No. 10 of 1972, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Harbans Singh, Bal Raj Tuli, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Punjab Police (Kapurthala).

- Register number: PB 09 CW 0001
- Case reference: Letters Patent Appeal No. 10 of 1972 / ILR (1975) 1 P&H 417
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Harbans Singh, Bal Raj Tuli, JJ.), 24 July 1975
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Punjab Police (Kapurthala)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 61/1/14 of the Excise Act; Rule 16.3(1)(a) of the Punjab Police Rules, 1934; Rule 16.3(1)(b) of the Punjab Police Rules, 1934
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We respectfully agree with the learned Single Judge, that the criminal charge against the respondent had failed on a technical ground because the Magistrate refused to record the evidence of the two prosecution witnesses, who were available” (at para 4)
- 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://highcourtchd.gov.in/landmark_judgments/HC/English/LPA_10_1972.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1975-0003)

**Record:** CW-1975-0003 (compiler id CWC-0893); case GAP2-49-009
**Title:** Inspector-General of Police, Punjab vs \[name withheld\]
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Harbans Singh; Bal Raj Tuli
**Case number / citation:** Letters Patent Appeal No. 10 of 1972 / ILR (1975) 1 P&H 417
**Judgment:** 1975-07-24 (1975, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1966-11-06 (1966)
**Place:** Kapurthala, Punjab; city town: Phagwara; police station or unit: Punjab Police (Kapurthala); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Excise Act s.61/1/14; Punjab Police Rules 1934 r.16.3(1)(a); Punjab Police Rules 1934 r.16.3(1)(b)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Punjab Police (Kapurthala) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Permanent Constable was allegedly found carrying 4,500 ml of illicit liquor near village Athali on 6 November 1966 (FIR 383 under the Excise Act, Phagwara), but the Magistrate acquitted him on 17 June 1967 without recording the available official witnesses after the prosecution gave up the public witness as won over. The SP Kapurthala dismissed him on 23 December 1967 after disciplinary proceedings, affirmed on appeal and revision, but a Single Judge allowed his writ on 20 July 1971. The Division Bench held the acquittal was without jurisdiction and the charge had failed on a technical ground, so action lay under Rule 16.3(1)(a), and the wrong citation of clause (b) did not vitiate it. It allowed the State's appeal, set aside the Single Judge, and restored the dismissal.

> We respectfully agree with the learned Single Judge, that the criminal charge against the respondent had failed on a technical ground because the Magistrate refused to record the evidence of the two prosecution witnesses, who were available

**Sources (1):** [highcourtchd.gov.in](https://highcourtchd.gov.in/landmark_judgments/HC/English/LPA_10_1972.pdf)
**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:** 4
**display title redacted:** Inspector-General of Police, Punjab vs \[name withheld\]
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1975-07-24', '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': 'ILR (1975) 1 P&H 417', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://highcourtchd.gov.in/landmark_judgments/HC/English/LPA_10_1972.pdf', '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:** State's LPA allowed; Single Judge set aside and illicit-liquor dismissal restored — disciplinary_upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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