# Constable 40695 Baram Dutt vs State of Uttarakhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 12 December 2007 in Special Appeal No. 147 of 2007, the Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Rajeev Gupta, J. C. S. Rawat, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Baram Dutt (Constable).

- Register number: UK 06 CW 0001
- Case reference: Special Appeal No. 147 of 2007 / (2007) 12 UK CK 0006; (2008) 8 UC 914
- Court and date: Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Rajeev Gupta, J. C. S. Rawat, JJ.), 12 December 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Baram Dutt (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 8(2)(b) of the UP Police Officers of Subordinate Rank (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1991
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is amply established that the Appellant had consumed the liquor on the relevant time and he was indulged in unbecoming behaviour. Thus, the learned Single Judge was justified in holding that the misconduct of Constable \[name withheld\] who was …” (at para 12)
- 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/942398/cons-40695-baram-dutt-appellant-hash-state-of-uttarakhand-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0015)

**Record:** CW-2007-0015 (compiler id CWC-0408); case UTTARA-005
**Title:** Constable 40695 Baram Dutt vs State of Uttarakhand and Others
**Court:** Uttarakhand High Court; judges: Rajeev Gupta; J. C. S. Rawat
**Case number / citation:** Special Appeal No. 147 of 2007 / (2007) 12 UK CK 0006; (2008) 8 UC 914
**Judgment:** 2007-12-12 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-03-22 (2005)
**Place:** Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand; city town: Rudrapur; police station or unit: 31st Battalion PAC, Rudrapur; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** UP Police Officers of Subordinate Rank (Punishment & Appeal) Rules 1991 r.8(2)(b)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Baram Dutt (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Replace closing boilerplate with the recorded State version: counter affidavit pleaded red-handed drunken catch, medical proof of consumption, appellant's guilty plea before the Assistant Commandant, and prior censure entries (para 4). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is amply established that the Appellant had consumed the liquor on the relevant time and he was indulged in unbecoming behaviour. Thus, the learned Single Judge was justified in holding that the misconduct of Constable \[name withheld\] who was on reserve duty cannot be said to be that serious as of the Appellant. The Appellant was found in the state of intoxication while he was performing the Santri duty of the armoury.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/942398/cons-40695-baram-dutt-appellant-hash-state-of-uttarakhand-and-others-respondent/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/encyclopedia/browse/case?caseId=307002394200&title=cons-40695-baram-dutt-vs-state-of-uttarakhand)
**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:** 12
**display title redacted:** Constable 40695 Baram Dutt vs State of Uttarakhand 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2007-12-12', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Uttarakhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Uttarakhand High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2007) 12 UK CK 0006; (2008) 8 UC 914', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/942398/cons-40695-baram-dutt-appellant-hash-state-of-uttarakhand-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/encyclopedia/browse/case?caseId=307002394200&title=cons-40695-baram-dutt-vs-state-of-uttarakhand', '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:** Internal discipline: drunk on sentry duty; Rule 8(2)(b) dismissal upheld. No citizen victim.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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