# State of Punjab & Ors. v. Ram Singh, Ex-Constable

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## Report card

By judgment dated 24 July 1992, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. Ramaswamy, A.M. Ahmadi, M.M. Punchhi, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Ram Singh (Constable).

- Register number: PB 00 CW 0004
- Case reference: (1992) 4 SCC 54; AIR 1992 SC 2188
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. Ramaswamy, A.M. Ahmadi, M.M. Punchhi, JJ.), 24 July 1992
- Officer(s) at the material time: Ram Singh (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Thus it would constitute gravest misconduct warranting dismissal from service. The authorities, therefore, were justified in imposing the penalty of dismissal.” (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/1652148/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1992-0007)

**Record:** CW-1992-0007 (compiler id CWC-0656); case SWOTHERM-020
**Title:** State of Punjab & Ors. v. Ram Singh, Ex-Constable
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: K. Ramaswamy; A.M. Ahmadi; M.M. Punchhi
**Case number / citation:** (1992) 4 SCC 54; AIR 1992 SC 2188
**Judgment:** 1992-07-24 (1992, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated (1980)
**Place:** Punjab; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Ram Singh (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Constable Ram Singh, gunman of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, was found heavily drunk on duty roaming at a bus stand wearing his service revolver; a traffic constable took him to the police station, the revolver was deposited in the malkhana, and medical examination confirmed heavy drunkenness. Dismissed on 11 February 1980 after a prescribed-procedure enquiry, he won reinstatement through a civil suit affirmed up to second appeal on the ground that a single drink was not the gravest misconduct. The Supreme Court held a single act of heavy armed drunkenness on duty is the gravest misconduct under Rule 16.2(1) of the Punjab Police Manual, allowed the appeal and restored the dismissal.

> Thus it would constitute gravest misconduct warranting dismissal from service. The authorities, therefore, were justified in imposing the penalty of dismissal.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1652148/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609ac70e4b014971140ee1e)
**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:** State of Punjab & Ors. v. Ram Singh, Ex-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': '1992-07-24', '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': '(1992) 4 SCC 54; AIR 1992 SC 2188', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1652148/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609ac70e4b014971140ee1e', '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 judgment text verified on Indian Kanoon; armed drunkenness on duty held gravest misconduct, dismissal restored.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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