# District Police Head Constable vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 August 2004 in Special Civil Application No. 3365 of 1998, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: R.M. Doshit, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable, District Police, Valsad.

- Register number: GJ 15 CW 0001
- Case reference: Special Civil Application No. 3365 of 1998 / \[2005(104)FLR215\]
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: R.M. Doshit, J.), 5 August 2004
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, District Police, Valsad
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 189A of the Bombay Civil Services Rules
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the present case, the guilt established against the petitioner reveals lack of integrity. The petitioner had also acted in a manner not befitting to a Police Officer.” (at para 8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld.
- 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/260980/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2004-0013)

**Record:** CW-2004-0013 (compiler id CWC-1203); case GAP3-47-004
**Title:** District Police Head Constable vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: R.M. Doshit
**Case number / citation:** Special Civil Application No. 3365 of 1998 / \[2005(104)FLR215\]
**Judgment:** 2004-08-05 (2004, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1988-01-01 (1988)
**Place:** Valsad, Gujarat; city town: Vansda; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Bombay Civil Services Rules R.189A
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, District Police, Valsad (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The Gujarat High Court (R.M. Doshit, J.) on 5 August 2004 dismissed with costs the writ petition of retired Head Constable and upheld the State Government order deducting Rs. 589.50 per month from his pension for ten years. Disciplinary proceedings begun in 1993 over 1988 misconduct amounting to lack of integrity in the investigation of M. Case No. 6 of 1987 (Vansda) had continued after his 1995 retirement under Rule 189A of the Bombay Civil Services Rules. The court rejected challenges based on competence, delay, denied documents and want of personal hearing, holding lack of integrity proved and the deduction not unconscionably disproportionate. No civilian victim is identified; the penalty is a pension deduction rather than dismissal. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the present case, the guilt established against the petitioner reveals lack of integrity. The petitioner had also acted in a manner not befitting to a Police Officer.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/260980/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/createfile/745043/tp:pd)
**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:** District Police Head Constable vs State of Gujarat
**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': '2004-08-05', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gujarat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gujarat High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '\[2005(104)FLR215\]', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/260980/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/createfile/745043/tp:pd', '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:** Ten-year pension deduction for lack of integrity upheld; borderline-major disciplinary penalty, no dismissal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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