# State of Punjab and Others v. Punjab Police Constable

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 August 1986 in Regular Second Appeal No. 3336 of 1985, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: S. S. Sodhi, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Punjab Police, Patiala.

- Register number: PB 11 CW 0002
- Case reference: Regular Second Appeal No. 3336 of 1985 / I.L.R. Punjab and Haryana (1987)2
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: S. S. Sodhi, J.), 20 August 1986
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Punjab Police, Patiala
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Police Act, 1861
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The impugned order of dismissal thus suffers from no infirmity and in this view of the matter, the judgment and decree of the lower appellate court is hereby set aside and the suit of the plaintiff-\[name withheld\] is hereby dismissed.” (at para 7)
- 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/Regular%20Second%20Appeal_3336_1985.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1986-0002)

**Record:** CW-1986-0002 (compiler id CWC-1054); case GAP3-109-001
**Title:** State of Punjab and Others v. Punjab Police Constable
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: S. S. Sodhi
**Case number / citation:** Regular Second Appeal No. 3336 of 1985 / I.L.R. Punjab and Haryana (1987)2
**Judgment:** 1986-08-20 (1986, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1981-04-01 (1981)
**Place:** Patiala, Punjab; city town: Patiala; police station or unit: Punjab Police, Patiala; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Police Act 1861 s.7
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Punjab Police, Patiala (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court sustained the dismissal of Punjab Police constable of Patiala, who had been dismissed on 1 April 1981 by the Additional Superintendent of Police after a departmental enquiry found wilful absence without permission in order to avoid a Refresher Course. The court held the Additional Superintendent of Police has concurrent powers with the Superintendent of Police under s.7 of the Police Act, 1861, so the order was passed by the competent authority. Noting the constable had earned six punishments in ten years of service and was recorded as incorrigible, the court held the punishment called for no interference. It set aside the lower appellate decree that had quashed the dismissal and dismissed the constable's suit; a pure service matter with no citizen victim. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The impugned order of dismissal thus suffers from no infirmity and in this view of the matter, the judgment and decree of the lower appellate court is hereby set aside and the suit of the plaintiff-\[name withheld\] is hereby dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [highcourtchd.gov.in](https://highcourtchd.gov.in/landmark_judgments/HC/English/Regular%20Second%20Appeal_3336_1985.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:** 7
**display title redacted:** State of Punjab and Others v. Punjab Police Constable
**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': '1986-08-20', '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': 'I.L.R. Punjab and Haryana (1987)2', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://highcourtchd.gov.in/landmark_judgments/HC/English/Regular%20Second%20Appeal_3336_1985.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:** Judgment verified from official HC ILR scan; dismissal for wilful absence sustained. Pure service matter, no citizen victim — retained as disciplinary_upheld per outcome list.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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