# Birur Police Head Constable (HC 81) vs State of Karnataka

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 January 1980 in W.P. No. 11937 of 1978, the Karnataka High Court (Coram: Rama Jois, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable (HC 81), Birur Police Station.

- Register number: KA 18 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P. No. 11937 of 1978
- Court and date: Karnataka High Court (Coram: Rama Jois, J.), 14 January 1980
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable (HC 81), Birur Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “the petitioner, who was a Head Constable in the Police Department of the State Government, has prayed for quashing the order imposing the penalty of dismissal from service against him”
- 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.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e2c54a932619d90257ab); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1980-0004)

**Record:** CW-1980-0004 (compiler id CWC-0805); case GAP2-25-002
**Title:** Birur Police Head Constable (HC 81) vs State of Karnataka
**Court:** Karnataka High Court; judges: Rama Jois
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 11937 of 1978
**Judgment:** 1980-01-14 (1980, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1974-04-04 (1974)
**Place:** Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka (district at time: Chickmagalur); city town: Birur; police station or unit: Birur Police Station (later Sringeri Police Station); force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable (HC 81), Birur Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Birur resident; Birur resident (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Karnataka High Court (Rama Jois J., 14 January 1980) dismissed the writ of Head Constable and upheld his dismissal for bribery. The court recorded that in April 1974, while posted at Birur police station, he demanded Rs 3,000 and accepted Rs 1,000 to release two lock-up detainees on bail. It rejected his procedural challenges to the departmental enquiry and held the concurrent findings rested on clear evidence that a writ court cannot re-appreciate. The dismissal as confirmed in appeal and revision was sustained.

> the petitioner, who was a Head Constable in the Police Department of the State Government, has prayed for quashing the order imposing the penalty of dismissal from service against him

**Sources (1):** [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e2c54a932619d90257ab)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**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
**display title redacted:** Birur Police Head Constable (HC 81) vs State of Karnataka
**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': '1980-01-14', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Karnataka High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Karnataka High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'W.P. No. 11937 of 1978', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e2c54a932619d90257ab', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**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:** Writ dismissed; dismissal of bribe-taking head constable upheld (full text mirror-blocked; corroborated via indexed snippets).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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