# Jharkhand Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 April 2004 in Writ Petition (S) No. 6666 of 2002, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Tapen Sen, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Jharkhand Police, Jamshedpur Sadar Court.

- Register number: JH 05 CW 0001
- Case reference: Writ Petition (S) No. 6666 of 2002 / (2004) 3 JCR 130
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Tapen Sen, J.), 29 April 2004
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Jharkhand Police, Jamshedpur Sadar Court
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 224 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 225 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In this case it was the duty and responsibility of the Constable to safely bring back a serious offender to the Court Lockup but because of his negligence and carelessness, which amounts to gross dereliction of duty, the said criminal …” (at para 10)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- Present status of the proceedings: Jharkhand High Court, 13 February 2007: conviction set aside.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/472104/umeshwar-upadhyay-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent/); [Jharkhand High Court order](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/533404/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2004-0011)

**Record:** CW-2004-0011 (compiler id CWC-0976); case GAP3-101-006
**Title:** Jharkhand Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Tapen Sen
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (S) No. 6666 of 2002 / (2004) 3 JCR 130
**Judgment:** 2004-04-29 (2004, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-01-18 (2002)
**Place:** East Singhbhum, Jharkhand; city town: Jamshedpur; police station or unit: Jamshedpur Sadar Court escort; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 224; IPC 225; IPC 120B
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Jharkhand Police, Jamshedpur Sadar Court (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

On 18 January 2002 constable, escorting three accused including murder-accused \[name withheld\] from jail to the Jamshedpur Sadar Court, left Singh untied and unhandcuffed, allowing him to remove his handcuffs and escape; Bistupur P.S. Case No. 19/2002 under Sections 224, 225 and 120B IPC followed. Departmental Proceeding No. 31 of 2002 ended in his discharge/dismissal on 21 June 2002, confirmed on appeal on 5 November 2002. The Jharkhand High Court (Tapen Sen, J.) held the inquiry evidence established gross negligence in escort duty, that a writ court cannot substitute findings of fact, and that dismissal for letting a serious offender escape was not disproportionate. The writ petition was dismissed on 29 April 2004. Later proceedings: on 13 February 2007, the Jharkhand High Court set aside the order recorded in this judgment (concerning \[name withheld\]); the outcome recorded here therefore does not stand. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In this case it was the duty and responsibility of the Constable to safely bring back a serious offender to the Court Lockup but because of his negligence and carelessness, which amounts to gross dereliction of duty, the said criminal managed to escape from the clutches of law.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/472104/umeshwar-upadhyay-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent/); (2004) 04 JH CK 0039
**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:** 10
**display title redacted:** Jharkhand Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand and Others
**final outcome url:** https://indiankanoon.org/doc/533404/
**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': '2004-04-29', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jharkhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jharkhand High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2004) 3 JCR 130', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2007-02-13', 'action_type': 'Order set aside', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jharkhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'Later proceedings: on 13 February 2007, the Jharkhand High Court set aside the order recorded in this judgment (concerning \[name withheld\]); the outcome recorded here therefore does not stand.', 'disposition': 'Later proceeding · Conviction not standing', 'source': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/533404/', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**later proceedings:** {'court': 'Jharkhand High Court', 'date': '2007-02-13', 'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/533404/', 'outcome': 'conviction_set_aside'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/472104/umeshwar-upadhyay-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2004) 04 JH CK 0039', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** overturned
**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 verified; dismissal for letting undertrial escape from escort upheld as gross dereliction.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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