# Bihar Police Constable vs State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 8 November 2004 in C.W.J.C. No. 6917 of 2000, the Patna High Court (Coram: Narayan Roy, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Bihar Police.

- Register number: BR 00 CW 0001
- Case reference: C.W.J.C. No. 6917 of 2000 / (2005) 1 PLJR 271
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Narayan Roy, J.), 8 November 2004
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Bihar Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The charges leveled against the petitioner amounted to misconduct, and, therefore, the order of punishment of dismissal cannot be said to be disproportionate to the guilt.” (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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/767457/thakur-sudhir-kumar-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2004-0015)

**Record:** CW-2004-0015 (compiler id CWC-0974); case GAP3-101-004
**Title:** Bihar Police Constable vs State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Narayan Roy
**Case number / citation:** C.W.J.C. No. 6917 of 2000 / (2005) 1 PLJR 271
**Judgment:** 2004-11-08 (2004, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Bihar; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Bihar Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Bihar police constable was dismissed after a departmental proceeding found charges of repeated unauthorised absence, dating from his training period, proved; his appeal and memorial were rejected. He alleged denial of natural justice, claiming witnesses were examined behind his back. The Patna High Court (Narayan Roy, J.) held on the record that full opportunities were given, that he absented throughout after filing his written statement and produced no witness or paper showing appearance, and that the absence charges amounted to misconduct for which dismissal was not disproportionate. The court dismissed the writ petition on 8 November 2004, leaving the dismissal undisturbed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The charges leveled against the petitioner amounted to misconduct, and, therefore, the order of punishment of dismissal cannot be said to be disproportionate to the guilt.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/767457/thakur-sudhir-kumar-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-and-others-respondent/); (2004) 11 PAT CK 0055
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** Bihar Police Constable vs 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': '2004-11-08', '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': '(2005) 1 PLJR 271', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/767457/thakur-sudhir-kumar-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2004) 11 PAT CK 0055', '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:** Judgment verified; dismissal for repeated unauthorised absence upheld — pure service matter, no civilian victim.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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