# Rajasthan Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 25 January 2001 in Civil Special Appeal No. 72 of 2001, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: H.R. Panwar, B.J. Shethna, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Rajasthan Police.

- Register number: RJ 00 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Special Appeal No. 72 of 2001 / (2001) 2 RLW 819
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: H.R. Panwar, B.J. Shethna, JJ.), 25 January 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Rajasthan Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: the Rajasthan CCA Rules, 1958
- Finding of the Court (extract): “If he was in the other department, then there would have been a different consideration but the appellant was in police department which is a disciplined force where such along absence of 162 days from duly without any leave should …” (at para 2)
- 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/137789/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0012)

**Record:** CW-2001-0012 (compiler id CWC-1081); case GAP3-119-002
**Title:** Rajasthan Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jaipur; judges: H.R. Panwar; B.J. Shethna
**Case number / citation:** Civil Special Appeal No. 72 of 2001 / (2001) 2 RLW 819
**Judgment:** 2001-01-25 (2001, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1997-06-02 (1997)
**Place:** Rajasthan; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Rajasthan CCA Rules 1958
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Rajasthan Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. Police Constable, selected in December 1996 and on duty from February 1997, left duty on 2 June 1997 without intimation or leave and stayed continuously absent until 10 November 1997 — 162 days — ignoring a show-cause notice to report immediately, with a prior 43-day absence on record. He pleaded his mother's serious illness and ignorance of rules as a novice, and contended termination was disproportionate. The Division Bench found these unsubstantiated lame excuses with no medical certificate produced, held that 162 days' absence without leave in a disciplined police force is serious misconduct for which no order except termination could be passed, and dismissed the special appeal.

> If he was in the other department, then there would have been a different consideration but the appellant was in police department which is a disciplined force where such along absence of 162 days from duly without any leave should be viewed as a serious mis-conduct for which no other order except the order of termination could be passed.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/137789/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/212008/navratan-mal-appellant-hash-state-of-rajasthan-and-others-respondent/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/758820/navratan-mal-vs-state-rajasthan-ors)
**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:** 2
**display title redacted:** Rajasthan Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.
**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': '2001-01-25', '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': '(2001) 2 RLW 819', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/137789/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/212008/navratan-mal-appellant-hash-state-of-rajasthan-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/758820/navratan-mal-vs-state-rajasthan-ors', '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:** Judgment text verified; constable's termination for 162 days' absence without leave upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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