# Dhanbad Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 May 2006 in LPA against order dated 12.07.2005 in W.P.(S) No. 3220 of 2005 (LPA number not stated in judgment text), the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Permod Kohli, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Sadar Court, Dhanbad.

- Register number: JH 10 CW 0001
- Case reference: LPA against order dated 12.07.2005 in W.P.(S) No. 3220 of 2005 (LPA number not stated in judgment text) / \[2006(4) JCR 301 (JHR)\]
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Permod Kohli, JJ.), 19 May 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Sadar Court, Dhanbad
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We find no ground to be made out to interfere with the order of dismissal nor any ground has been made out to interfere with the order, passed by the learned Single Judge. There being no merit, this appeal is …” (at para 13)
- 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/747511/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2006-0024)

**Record:** CW-2006-0024 (compiler id CWC-0982); case GAP3-102-004
**Title:** Dhanbad Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: S.J. Mukhopadhaya; Permod Kohli
**Case number / citation:** LPA against order dated 12.07.2005 in W.P.(S) No. 3220 of 2005 (LPA number not stated in judgment text) / \[2006(4) JCR 301 (JHR)\]
**Judgment:** 2006-05-19 (2006, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-11-01 (2000)
**Place:** Dhanbad, Jharkhand; city town: Dhanbad; police station or unit: Sadar Court, Dhanbad; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Sadar Court, Dhanbad (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court Division Bench (S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Permod Kohli JJ.) on 19 May 2006 dismissed the Letters Patent Appeal of constable of Sadar Court, Dhanbad, against his dismissal for habitual absconding from duty since November 2000. The court recorded that an ex parte departmental enquiry had held him guilty after he failed to participate, and that the Superintendent of Police, Dhanbad had dismissed him on 27 July 2003 considering his reply, the enquiry report and about eleven prior instances of absconding. The court held the dismissal was not contrary to Rule 826 of the Bihar Police Manual Vol. 1 nor disproportionate, and that no subsistence-allowance illegality occurred since he never stayed at headquarters during suspension. It found no ground to interfere with the dismissal or the Single Judge's order dismissing his writ petition, and dismissed the appeal.

> We find no ground to be made out to interfere with the order of dismissal nor any ground has been made out to interfere with the order, passed by the learned Single Judge. There being no merit, this appeal is hereby dismissed.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/747511/); \[2006(4)JCR301(JHR)\]
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Dhanbad Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand 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': '2006-05-19', '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': '\[2006(4) JCR 301 (JHR)\]', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/747511/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '\[2006(4)JCR301(JHR)\]', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**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:** LPA dismissed; constable's dismissal for habitual absconding upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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