# State Reserve Police Police Constable vs State of Gujarat & Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 October 2007 in Special Civil Application No. 4393 of 1994, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: S.R. Brahmbhatt, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police Constable, State Reserve Police Force.

- Register number: GJ 05 CW 0002
- Case reference: Special Civil Application No. 4393 of 1994 / (2008) 1 GLR 595
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: S.R. Brahmbhatt, J.), 5 October 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, State Reserve Police Force
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 14 of the Bombay State Reserve Police Force Act, 1951
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Thus defiance by the petitioner can not be viewed lightly, nor the penalty could be termed to be disproportionate in absence of any mitigating circumstance.” (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://indiankanoon.org/doc/451538/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0030)

**Record:** CW-2007-0030 (compiler id CWC-1209); case GAP3-48-006
**Title:** State Reserve Police Police Constable vs State of Gujarat & Anr.
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: S.R. Brahmbhatt
**Case number / citation:** Special Civil Application No. 4393 of 1994 / (2008) 1 GLR 595
**Judgment:** 2007-10-05 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-04-15 (1989)
**Place:** Surat, Gujarat; police station or unit: State Reserve Police Force (Vav Camp); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art.226; Bombay State Reserve Police Force Act 1951 s.14
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, State Reserve Police Force (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Remove 'leaving arms and ammunition unguarded' — that sentence occurs only inside a quoted Supreme Court paragraph about a different appellant (Railway Protection Special Force constable posted at Tarantaran, Punjab), not in the findings about \[name withheld\]. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Thus defiance by the petitioner can not be viewed lightly, nor the penalty could be termed to be disproportionate in absence of any mitigating circumstance.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/451538/)
**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:** State Reserve Police Police Constable vs State of Gujarat & Anr.
**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': \['court_quote_para', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2007-10-05', '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': '(2008) 1 GLR 595', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/451538/', '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:** Writ against SRP constable's dismissal for defying Bihar marching orders dismissed; judgment verified on Indian Kanoon.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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