# Salumber Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 8 April 1994 in D.B. Civil Special Appeal No. 103 of 1994, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: P.K. Palli, J.R. Chopra, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Police Station Sarada, Udaipur.

- Register number: RJ 27 CW 0001
- Case reference: D.B. Civil Special Appeal No. 103 of 1994 / (1994) 1 RLW 411 : (1994) 1 WLN 281
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: P.K. Palli, J.R. Chopra, JJ.), 8 April 1994
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Police Station Sarada, Udaipur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 452 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 427 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We are in respectful agreement to the reasoning adopted by the learned Single Judge. The appeal is devoid of merit and is dismissed.” (at para 9)
- 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/214572/laxman-lal-vs-state-of-rajasthan-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1994-0007)

**Record:** CW-1994-0007 (compiler id CWC-1077); case GAP3-118-001
**Title:** Salumber Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; judges: P.K. Palli; J.R. Chopra
**Case number / citation:** D.B. Civil Special Appeal No. 103 of 1994 / (1994) 1 RLW 411 : (1994) 1 WLN 281
**Judgment:** 1994-04-08 (1994, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1983-11-19 (1983)
**Place:** Udaipur, Rajasthan; city town: Salumber; police station or unit: Police Station Sarada; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 452; IPC 323; IPC 427
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Police Station Sarada, Udaipur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Salumber man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. On 19 November 1983 Constable of Police Station Sarada entered the quarters of ASI with a knife, tried to throttle and beat him, and threatened to kill him, leading to a criminal case under Sections 452, 323 and 427 IPC alongside a departmental enquiry. The disciplinary authority imposed removal/dismissal on 31 January 1985, affirmed in departmental appeal in October 1986, while the criminal trial convicted in 1987 but the appellate court acquitted in August 1988 for want of corroboration. The Single Judge dismissed the writ on 24 January 1994, holding simultaneous proceedings lawful and the dismissal on preponderance of probabilities unaffected by the benefit-of-doubt acquittal. The Division Bench agreed with that reasoning and dismissed the special appeal, so the dismissal stands.

> We are in respectful agreement to the reasoning adopted by the learned Single Judge. The appeal is devoid of merit and is dismissed.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/214572/laxman-lal-vs-state-of-rajasthan-and-others/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/217259/laxman-lal-vs-the-state-of-rajasthan-and-others/)
**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:** 9
**display title redacted:** Salumber 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': '1994-04-08', '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': '(1994) 1 RLW 411 : (1994) 1 WLN 281', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/214572/laxman-lal-vs-state-of-rajasthan-and-others/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/217259/laxman-lal-vs-the-state-of-rajasthan-and-others/', '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:** Constable dismissal for knife attack on ASI upheld on preponderance despite later criminal acquittal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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