6 Sep 2004
Order issued
ConcludedThe Gujarat High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: Special Civil Application No. 11503 of 1994
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CW-2004-0003Vadodara, GujaratJudgment 6 September 2004
Vadodara Police Police Constable vs State of Gujarat
The Gujarat High Court upheld the removal from service of Police Constable, lock-up guard at Baroda City police station, who on 21.06.1988 single-handedly took detainee Nazirkhan Pathan to the toilet without informing the station officer, left the door unbolted and unguarded, and let the accused escape. The Court termed the conduct gross negligence and dereliction of duty shocking for a police officer, held the criminal acquittal on the distinct charge of deliberate facilitation did not conclude the disciplinary matter, and found removal commensurate given two prior proved serious misconducts. The petition was rejected and the Rule discharged. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 6 September 2004 in Special Civil Application No. 11503 of 1994, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Akil Kureshi, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police Constable, Lock-up guard, City Police Station, Baroda.
- Register number
- GJ 06 CW 0004
- Case reference
- Special Civil Application No. 11503 of 1994
- Court and date
- Gujarat High Court (Coram: Akil Kureshi, J.), 6 September 2004
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Constable, Lock-up guard, City Police Station, Baroda
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked
- Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “In the present case, I find that the petitioner was held to have committed serious misconduct of gross negligence whereby a person who was accused in criminal case was allowed to escape from the Police lock-up. As a Police Constable …” (at para 6)
- 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.
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“In the present case, I find that the petitioner was held to have committed serious misconduct of gross negligence whereby a person who was accused in criminal case was allowed to escape from the Police lock-up. As a Police Constable …” (para 6)
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