# Bihar Police Constable v. The State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 September 2003 in L.P.A. No. 869 of 2003, the Patna High Court (Coram: Ravi S. Dhavan, Shashank Kumar Singh, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Bihar Police, Bhagalpur.

- Register number: BR 10 CW 0007
- Case reference: L.P.A. No. 869 of 2003 / (2004) 1 PLJR 35
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Ravi S. Dhavan, Shashank Kumar Singh, JJ.), 23 September 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Bihar Police, Bhagalpur
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 147 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 448 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 35 of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Regard being had to the circumstances that the Petitioner had assaulted a woman, this Court ought not to interfere in this appeal.” (at para 8)
- 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/738498/jitendra-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0021)

**Record:** CW-2003-0021 (compiler id CWC-0871); case GAP2-45-001
**Title:** Bihar Police Constable v. The State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Ravi S. Dhavan; Shashank Kumar Singh
**Case number / citation:** L.P.A. No. 869 of 2003 / (2004) 1 PLJR 35
**Judgment:** 2003-09-23 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1991-02-26 (1991)
**Place:** Bhagalpur, Bihar; city town: Bhagalpur; police station or unit: Kotwali Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 147; IPC 148; IPC 149; IPC 354; IPC 448; IPC 323; Arms Act 1959 s.35
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Bihar Police, Bhagalpur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bhagalpur woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Patna High Court Division Bench dismissed the Letters Patent Appeal of police constable, upholding his dismissal from service. The Court recorded that on 26 February 1991 he was caught on the spot with 10-12 armed associates during a forcible house invasion and assault on the survivor at Bhagalpur (Kotwali P.S. Case No. 110/91), and was thereafter departmentally tried, found guilty and dismissed by the S.P. Bhagalpur on 30 May 1995, confirmed by the DIG and the Zonal IG. It held the record showed he received the show-cause notice, replied to it, faced inquiry and preferred a departmental appeal, and that his criminal acquittal on benefit of doubt did not vitiate the departmental action. Having regard to his assault on a woman, the Court declined to interfere. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Regard being had to the circumstances that the Petitioner had assaulted a woman, this Court ought not to interfere in this appeal.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/738498/jitendra-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Bihar Police Constable v. The 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': '2003-09-23', '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': '(2004) 1 PLJR 35', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/738498/jitendra-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-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:** Patna HC Division Bench dismissed constable's LPA, upholding dismissal for armed house invasion and assault on a woman.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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