# Jadia Police Constable vs State Of Bihar And Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 February 2008 in CWJC No. 11019 of 1993, the Patna High Court (Coram: S.N. Hussain, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Jadia Police Station.

- Register number: BR 50 CW 0001
- Case reference: CWJC No. 11019 of 1993 / (2008) 3 PLJR 285
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: S.N. Hussain, J.), 29 February 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Jadia Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The charges levelled against the petitioner and the materials on record, which were fully discussed in the impugned orders, clearly show that the petitioner had committed acts of gross misconduct, negligence and indiscipline not befitting a Police personnel and hence …” (at para 8)
- 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/737812/paras-nath-singh-appellant-hash-state-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0005)

**Record:** CW-2008-0005 (compiler id CWC-0052); case BIHAR2-004
**Title:** Jadia Police Constable vs State Of Bihar And Ors.
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: S.N. Hussain
**Case number / citation:** CWJC No. 11019 of 1993 / (2008) 3 PLJR 285
**Judgment:** 2008-02-29 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1986-07-31 (1986)
**Place:** Supaul, Bihar (district at time: Saharsa); city town: Jadia; police station or unit: Jadia Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Jadia Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Jadia man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Patna High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by dismissed constable, upholding the order of dismissal passed by the Superintendent of Police, Saharsa with effect from November 1, 1987. A departmental inquiry established that on the night of July 31, 1986, the petitioner brought alcohol into Jadia Police Station, drank there, assaulted civilian a Jadia man inside the station, and hurled abusive language at the Inspector and Sub-Inspector when restrained. Holding that the inquiry was conducted properly with full opportunity given to the delinquent officer and that severe indiscipline in a uniformed police force cannot be tolerated, the Court found the dismissal penalty fully commensurate with the misconduct. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The charges levelled against the petitioner and the materials on record, which were fully discussed in the impugned orders, clearly show that the petitioner had committed acts of gross misconduct, negligence and indiscipline not befitting a Police personnel and hence the punishment given to him was quite commensurate with the acts committed by the petitioner. For the reason aforementioned, I do not see any illegality or irregularity in the impugned orders of the authorities concerned and, accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/737812/paras-nath-singh-appellant-hash-state-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Jadia Police Constable vs State Of Bihar And Ors.
**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': '2008-02-29', '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) 3 PLJR 285', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/737812/paras-nath-singh-appellant-hash-state-and-others-respondent/', '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:** Patna HC upheld dismissal of constable for drinking in police station, assaulting a civilian, and abusing superior officers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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