# Rail Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 February 2008 in Letters Patent Appeal arising out of CWJC No. 5120 of 1998, the Patna High Court (Coram: S. K. Katriar, Kishore K. Mandal, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Rail Police Centre, Patna (Bihar Police).

- Register number: BR 01 CW 0005
- Case reference: Letters Patent Appeal arising out of CWJC No. 5120 of 1998 / 2008 LAB IC 3035; (2008) 7 Serv LR 278
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: S. K. Katriar, Kishore K. Mandal, JJ.), 28 February 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Rail Police Centre, Patna (Bihar Police)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 826 of the Bihar Police Manual
- Finding of the Court (extract): “He found the petitioner checking the railway ticket of a passenger on platform no. 1. On being questioned, the petitioner had kept quiet.” (at para 2)
- 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/1922123/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0004)

**Record:** CW-2008-0004 (compiler id CWC-0048); case BIHAR1-012
**Title:** Rail Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: S. K. Katriar; Kishore K. Mandal
**Case number / citation:** Letters Patent Appeal arising out of CWJC No. 5120 of 1998 / 2008 LAB IC 3035; (2008) 7 Serv LR 278
**Judgment:** 2008-02-28 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-07-30 (1996)
**Place:** Patna, Bihar; city town: Patna; police station or unit: Rail Police Centre, Patna; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** extortion
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Bihar Police Manual Rule 826
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Rail Police Centre, Patna (Bihar Police) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Patna resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

A Division Bench of the Patna High Court upheld the dismissal of Bihar Police constable of the Rail Police Centre, Patna, caught by the DSP (Rail) on 30 July 1996 checking tickets from passengers on platform No. 1 at Patna Junction in plain clothes and extorting money, then fleeing across the tracks. Found guilty after enquiry, he was dismissed in 1997, affirmed in appeal and memorial, and his writ was dismissed by a Single Judge in 1999. The Division Bench rejected pleas of denial of cross-examination, parity with a co-delinquent, and disproportionality, noting a second identical proceeding against him, and dismissed the LPA. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> He found the petitioner checking the railway ticket of a passenger on platform no. 1. On being questioned, the petitioner had kept quiet.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1922123/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/739586/sudhir-kumar-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-and-others/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** extortion
**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:** 2
**display title redacted:** Rail Police Constable vs The 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': '2008-02-28', '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': '2008 LAB IC 3035; (2008) 7 Serv LR 278', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1922123/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/739586/sudhir-kumar-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-and-others/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** extortion
**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; dismissal for extorting railway passengers in plain clothes upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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