# Government Railway Police Constable v. Superintendent of Police (Railways)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 August 2002 in C.M.W.P. No. 19352 of 2002, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Sunil Ambwani, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Government Railway Police, Agra.

- Register number: UP 80 CW 0004
- Case reference: C.M.W.P. No. 19352 of 2002 / (2002) 3 UPLBEC 2765
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: Sunil Ambwani, J.), 23 August 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Government Railway Police, Agra
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 8(2)(b) of the U.P. Police Officers of Subordinate Ranks (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1991
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In my opinion, there was sufficient material on record to support the fact that the petitioner was actively involved in forming a gang and harbouring the criminals for committing crimes in trains on which he was assigned duty; that it …” (at para 7)
- 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/262534/constable-5814-ashish-kumar-vs-superintendent-of-police-rai/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0029)

**Record:** CW-2002-0029 (compiler id CWC-0936); case GAP2-1-004
**Title:** Government Railway Police Constable v. Superintendent of Police (Railways)
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: Sunil Ambwani
**Case number / citation:** C.M.W.P. No. 19352 of 2002 / (2002) 3 UPLBEC 2765
**Judgment:** 2002-08-23 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-12-26 (2000)
**Place:** Agra, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Agra; police station or unit: Government Railway Police, Agra; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** U.P. Police Officers of Subordinate Ranks (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1991 Rule 8(2)(b)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Government Railway Police, Agra (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Allahabad High Court (single Judge, 23-8-2002) dismissed the writ petition of Constable (Civil Police posted to Government Railway Police, Agra) challenging his dismissal dated 17-2-2001 under Rule 8(2)(b) of the U.P. Police Officers of Subordinate Ranks (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1991. The court found sufficient material, including statements of fellow police personnel recorded by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, that the petitioner formed a gang and harboured criminals committing robberies on trains where he was on duty and shared the booty. The court held direct evidence of complicity could not feasibly be procured, so dispensing with a regular enquiry in public interest on Tulsiram Patel principles was justified, with no mala fides pleaded. The dismissal from service was upheld with no order as to costs; no criminal-trial component is recorded in the judgment. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In my opinion, there was sufficient material on record to support the fact that the petitioner was actively involved in forming a gang and harbouring the criminals for committing crimes in trains on which he was assigned duty; that it was not possible to procure direct evidence against his complicity and that in the prevailing situation the enquiry was rightly dispensed with.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/262534/constable-5814-ashish-kumar-vs-superintendent-of-police-rai/)
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Government Railway Police Constable v. Superintendent of Police (Railways)
**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': '2002-08-23', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2002) 3 UPLBEC 2765', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/262534/constable-5814-ashish-kumar-vs-superintendent-of-police-rai/', '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:** HC upheld Rule 8(2)(b) dismissal of GRP constable for patronising train robbers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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