# Mysore State Police Police Constable vs State of Mysore

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## Report card

By judgment dated 26 March 1976 in Civil Appeal No. 847 of 1974, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. N. Ray, M. H. Beg, Jaswant Singh, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police Constable, Khade-bazar Police Station, Belgaum, Mysore State Police.

- Register number: KA 22 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Appeal No. 847 of 1974 / AIR 1976 SC 1080; (1976) 3 SCC 76
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. N. Ray, M. H. Beg, Jaswant Singh, JJ.), 26 March 1976
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Khade-bazar Police Station, Belgaum, Mysore State Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 66(b) of the Bombay Prohibition Act
- Finding of the Court (extract): “For the foregoing reasons, we do not find any force in the contention of counsel for the appellant that there was no evidence on the record which could justify the appellant's dismissal from service.” (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/927546/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1976-0003)

**Record:** CW-1976-0003 (compiler id CWC-1103); case GAP3-127-012
**Title:** Mysore State Police Police Constable vs State of Mysore
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: A. N. Ray; M. H. Beg; Jaswant Singh
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 847 of 1974 / AIR 1976 SC 1080; (1976) 3 SCC 76
**Judgment:** 1976-03-26 (1976, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1960-01-01 (1960)
**Place:** Belagavi, Karnataka (district at time: Belgaum); city town: Belagavi; police station or unit: Khade-bazar Police Station, Belgaum; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Bombay Prohibition Act s.66(b)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Khade-bazar Police Station, Belgaum, Mysore State Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Supreme Court on 26 March 1976 dismissed constable 's appeal, sustaining his dismissal from the Mysore (now Karnataka) police for complicity in bootlegging. The Court found that fellow constables' statements implicated him with six others in smuggling illicit liquor linked to a 1960 seizure at Khade-bazar police station, Belgaum, and that the Superintendent of Police had disagreed with the enquiry officer's lenient recommendation to impose dismissal. It held that reasonable opportunity under Article 311 was satisfied and that courts cannot reweigh evidence in domestic enquiries, which do not require criminal standards of proof. The dismissal stands with no compensation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> For the foregoing reasons, we do not find any force in the contention of counsel for the appellant that there was no evidence on the record which could justify the appellant's dismissal from service.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/927546/); [advocatekhoj.com](https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1976/march/k-l-shinde-vs-state-of-mysore-insc-86-26-march-1976-50)
**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:** Mysore State Police Police Constable vs State of Mysore
**followup status:** never_checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1976-03-26', '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 1976 SC 1080; (1976) 3 SCC 76', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/927546/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1976/march/k-l-shinde-vs-state-of-mysore-insc-86-26-march-1976-50', '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 complicity in illicit-liquor smuggling; courts cannot reweigh enquiry evidence.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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