# Gujarat Woman vs District Superintendent of Police

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## Report card

By judgment dated 9 December 2004 in Special Civil Application No. 6520 of 1995, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Anant S. Dave, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police personnel, District Police, Gujarat Police.

- Register number: GJ 00 CW 0001
- Case reference: Special Civil Application No. 6520 of 1995 / (2005)2GLR1291
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: Anant S. Dave, J.), 9 December 2004
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, District Police, Gujarat Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 27(C) of the Bombay Police Act, 1951; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the present case, as rightly submitted in paragraph 6 of the affidavit-in-reply filed by the District Superintendent of Police, respondent No. 1 herein, the misconduct, which has been proved in the departmental enquiry and upheld by the Disciplinary Authority, …” (at para 11)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/415984/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2004-0016)

**Record:** CW-2004-0016 (compiler id CWC-1201); case GAP3-47-002
**Title:** Gujarat Woman vs District Superintendent of Police
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: Anant S. Dave
**Case number / citation:** Special Civil Application No. 6520 of 1995 / (2005)2GLR1291
**Judgment:** 2004-12-09 (2004, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1985-10-12 (1985)
**Place:** Gujarat; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Bombay Police Act 1951 s.27(C); Constitution Art.226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, District Police, Gujarat Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Gujarat woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Gujarat High Court (Anant S. Dave, J.) on 9 December 2004 rejected the Article 226 petition and confirmed the dismissal from service of subordinate police officer ordered on 31 May 1989 by the District Superintendent of Police. A departmental inquiry (conducted by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Tharad Division) had held proved the charge that he brought a tribal woman to police quarter Room No. 59, 'C' Block, with ill-intention, framing it as moral turpitude and conduct unbecoming a member of the police force. The court held the charge conclusively proved on reliable evidence, found no illegality in the disciplinary, appellate and revisional orders, and refused to substitute a lesser punishment. The dismissal had already survived departmental appeal, revision to the Director General of Police and a second revision to the Home Department.

> In the present case, as rightly submitted in paragraph 6 of the affidavit-in-reply filed by the District Superintendent of Police, respondent No. 1 herein, the misconduct, which has been proved in the departmental enquiry and upheld by the Disciplinary Authority, as well as the Appellate and the Revisional Authorities, reflected the nature of seriousness of the charge of unbecoming of a member of the police force, where the modesty of a tribal lady was at stake and she was brought to the police quarter with ill-intention by the petitioner and, therefore, this is not a fit case where the Court would like to show any leniency.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/415984/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/748039/mulchandbhai-n-parmar-vs-district-superintendent)
**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:** 11
**display title redacted:** Gujarat Woman vs District Superintendent of Police
**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': '2004-12-09', '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)2GLR1291', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/415984/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/748039/mulchandbhai-n-parmar-vs-district-superintendent', '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:** Dismissal for moral-turpitude misconduct upheld after full departmental hierarchy; writ rejected.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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