# Jodhpur Police Constable vs The State of Rajasthan and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 September 2000 in Civil Special Appeal No. 407 of 1999, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: S.K. Garg, B.J. Shethna, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Sadar Bazar Police Station, Jodhpur.

- Register number: RJ 19 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Special Appeal No. 407 of 1999 / (2000) 4 RLW 344
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: S.K. Garg, B.J. Shethna, JJ.), 1 September 2000
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Sadar Bazar Police Station, Jodhpur
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 16 of the Rajasthan CCA Rules, 1958
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The charges levelled against the appellant were of very serious nature. He was a constable in the police department who was found to be mis-behaving with the wife of his neighbour constable.” (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://indiankanoon.org/doc/560696/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2000-0015)

**Record:** CW-2000-0015 (compiler id CWC-1080); case GAP3-119-001
**Title:** Jodhpur Police Constable vs The State of Rajasthan and Others
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jaipur; judges: S.K. Garg; B.J. Shethna
**Case number / citation:** Civil Special Appeal No. 407 of 1999 / (2000) 4 RLW 344
**Judgment:** 2000-09-01 (2000, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1987-08-30 (1987)
**Place:** Jodhpur, Rajasthan; city town: Jodhpur; police station or unit: Sadar Bazar Police Station, Jodhpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Rajasthan CCA Rules 1958 Rule 16
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Sadar Bazar Police Station, Jodhpur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Jodhpur woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Police Constable was removed from service after a Rule 16 enquiry found that on the night of 30 August 1987 he misbehaved with a fellow constable's wife, was found fully drunk at Sadar Bazar police station, Jodhpur, fled, and produced a forged M.G. Hospital medical certificate to cover absence from 25 to 30 August 1987. He contended that non-supply of the enquiry report, non-speaking orders, and an excessive penalty vitiated the removal. The Division Bench found the enquiry fair with full opportunity of cross-examination, held that mere non-supply of the report without shown prejudice does not vitiate removal, and called the orders speaking orders. It held removal rather than dismissal was lenient given charges of a very serious nature, and dismissed the special appeal.

> The charges levelled against the appellant were of very serious nature. He was a constable in the police department who was found to be mis-behaving with the wife of his neighbour constable.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/560696/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/200992/mani-kumar-vs-the-state-of-rajasthan-and-others/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/767496/mani-kumar-vs-state-rajasthan-ors)
**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:** 5
**display title redacted:** Jodhpur Police Constable vs The 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': '2000-09-01', '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': '(2000) 4 RLW 344', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/560696/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/200992/mani-kumar-vs-the-state-of-rajasthan-and-others/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/767496/mani-kumar-vs-state-rajasthan-ors', '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:** Judgment text verified; constable's removal for drunken misbehaviour, absence and forged certificate upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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