# CRPF Head Constable v. Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 March 1991 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 974 of 1989, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: S. Ratnavel Pandian, K. Jayachandra Reddy, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable, E Company, 11th Battalion, CRPF; Post Commander, Vijaynagar Post.

- Register number: AR 12 CW 0001
- Case reference: Writ Petition (Civil) No. 974 of 1989 / (1991) 2 SCC 488
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: S. Ratnavel Pandian, K. Jayachandra Reddy, JJ.), 19 March 1991
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, E Company, 11th Battalion, CRPF; Post Commander, Vijaynagar Post
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 11(1) of the CRPF Act, 1949; Article 32 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “After having perused all the records carefully, we are unable to find any clinching circumstances on the basis of which it can be said that the petitioner was not negligent in discharge of his duties and that he did not …” (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://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1991/march/laxmi-shankar-pandey-vs-union-of-india-ors-10); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1991-0005)

**Record:** CW-1991-0005 (compiler id CWC-0907); case GAP2-57-003
**Title:** CRPF Head Constable v. Union of India and Others
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: S. Ratnavel Pandian; K. Jayachandra Reddy
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (Civil) No. 974 of 1989 / (1991) 2 SCC 488
**Judgment:** 1991-03-19 (1991, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1983-04-04 (1983)
**Place:** Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh (district at time: Tirap); city town: Vijaynagar; police station or unit: Vijaynagar Post, E Company, 11th Battalion, CRPF; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** CRPF Act 1949 s.11(1); Constitution Art. 32
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, E Company, 11th Battalion, CRPF; Post Commander, Vijaynagar Post (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

remove/replace final sentence; respondents/department case is recorded in the judgment. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> After having perused all the records carefully, we are unable to find any clinching circumstances on the basis of which it can be said that the petitioner was not negligent in discharge of his duties and that he did not commit any act of misconduct. On the other hand we find that the statements of PWs 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 coupled with that the PW 2 falsify the plea of the petitioner that the undertrial prisoners themselves dug the tunnel and managed to escape.

**Sources (3):** [advocatekhoj.com](https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1991/march/laxmi-shankar-pandey-vs-union-of-india-ors-10); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1123786/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609ac61e4b014971140eb22)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** CRPF Head Constable v. Union of India 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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1991-03-19', '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': '(1991) 2 SCC 488', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1991/march/laxmi-shankar-pandey-vs-union-of-india-ors-10', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1123786/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609ac61e4b014971140eb22', '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:** SC judgment verified (AdvocateKhoj + Indian Kanoon); CRPF head constable's dismissal for custodial connivance upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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