# Bihar Police Constable vs State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 January 2000 in C.W.J.C. No. 8566 of 1998, the Patna High Court (Coram: S.J. Mukhopadhaya, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Bihar Police.

- Register number: BR 01 CW 0002
- Case reference: C.W.J.C. No. 8566 of 1998 / 2000(2)BLJR846
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: S.J. Mukhopadhaya, J.), 11 January 2000
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Bihar Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In absence of witnesses/evidences, if the petitioner was acquitted in the criminal proceeding, he cannot derive any benefit of the same in the departmental proceeding, wherein the named witnesses appeared and supported the case of prosecution.” (at para 11)
- 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/764184/bishram-tete-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2000-0010)

**Record:** CW-2000-0010 (compiler id CWC-0978); case GAP3-101-008
**Title:** Bihar Police Constable vs State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: S.J. Mukhopadhaya
**Case number / citation:** C.W.J.C. No. 8566 of 1998 / 2000(2)BLJR846
**Judgment:** 2000-01-11 (2000, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1992-07-04 (1992)
**Place:** Patna, Bihar; city town: Patna; police station or unit: Bihar Police, Patna Junction; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial rape sexual assault
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 363; IPC 366; IPC 376; IPC 376/34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Bihar Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Patna woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Patna High Court records the following account. On 4 July 1992 at about 11.30 p.m. at Patna Junction, constable with other constables allegedly kidnapped and raped a woman, leading to G.R. No. 8231/92 under Sections 363, 366, 376 and 376/34 IPC; he was acquitted in Sessions Trial No. 95/92 on 15 January 1994 after the key witness turned hostile. Departmentally he was proceeded against on the rape charge plus dereliction of duty, unauthorised absence and insubordination, and dismissed on 5 December 1994 after a supplementary inquiry, with his appeal rejected on 28 June 1995. The Patna High Court (S.J. Mukhopadhaya, J.) held the inquiry findings were not perverse, that police witnesses including identification evidence supported the charges, and that criminal acquittal on hostile and formal witnesses confers no benefit in departmental proceedings. The writ petition was dismissed on 11 January 2000. The 2000 judgment names the victim; her name is withheld here under BNS s.72 (IPC s.228A). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In absence of witnesses/evidences, if the petitioner was acquitted in the criminal proceeding, he cannot derive any benefit of the same in the departmental proceeding, wherein the named witnesses appeared and supported the case of prosecution.

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/764184/bishram-tete-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-and-others-respondent/); (2000) 01 PAT CK 0112; 2000(2)PLJR303
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_rape_sexual_assault
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 11
**display title redacted:** Bihar Police Constable vs State of Bihar 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': '2000-01-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Patna High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Patna High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2000(2)BLJR846', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/764184/bishram-tete-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2000) 01 PAT CK 0112', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '2000(2)PLJR303', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial rape sexual assault
**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; dismissal for kidnapping/rape and dereliction upheld on departmental evidence despite criminal acquittal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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