# Churu Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 August 1986 in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1096 of 1985, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Ashok Kumar Mathur, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Police Line, Churu.

- Register number: RJ 10 CW 0002
- Case reference: S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1096 of 1985 / (1986) WLN 550
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Ashok Kumar Mathur, J.), 29 August 1986
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Police Line, Churu
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Rule 16 of the Rajasthan CCA Rules, 1958; Rule 19(2) of the Rajasthan CCA Rules, 1958
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is least expected from a disciplined force official to avoid service of notice and avoid to appear before the Enquiry Officer for one reason or the other and such conduct cannot be lightly condoned.” (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/194189/vinod-kumar-appellant-hash-state-of-rajasthan-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1986-0003)

**Record:** CW-1986-0003 (compiler id CWC-1078); case GAP3-118-002
**Title:** Churu Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; judges: Ashok Kumar Mathur
**Case number / citation:** S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1096 of 1985 / (1986) WLN 550
**Judgment:** 1986-08-29 (1986, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1981-05-28 (1981)
**Place:** Churu, Rajasthan; city town: Churu; police station or unit: Police Line, Churu; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 307; Rajasthan CCA Rules 1958 Rule 16; Rajasthan CCA Rules 1958 Rule 19(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Police Line, Churu (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. Constable of the Rajasthan Police challenged his removal from service after remaining absent from the Police Line, Churu from 28 May 1981 to 4 February 1982 and failing to appear before the enquiry officer despite repeated summons. He pleaded that his father had been attacked and hospitalised, that a land dispute had led to his implication in a Section 307 IPC case, and that no enquiry notice was served on him. The court found that he had deliberately avoided service and the enquiry despite knowledge of the charge-sheet, calling such conduct grossly indisciplined and least expected of a member of a disciplined force. It held that reasons for dispensing with a Rule 16 enquiry under Rule 19(2) of the 1958 Rules could be contained in the final order, and dismissed the writ petition, keeping the removal in force. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is least expected from a disciplined force official to avoid service of notice and avoid to appear before the Enquiry Officer for one reason or the other and such conduct cannot be lightly condoned.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/194189/vinod-kumar-appellant-hash-state-of-rajasthan-and-others-respondent/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** Churu Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others
**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': '1986-08-29', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(1986) WLN 550', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/194189/vinod-kumar-appellant-hash-state-of-rajasthan-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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 text verified; police constable's removal for wilful absence upheld, writ dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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