# Ratnesh Kumar Singh vs State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 March 2008 in W.P.(S) (vs Memo No. 648(A) dated 20.09.2007), the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Amareshwar Sahay, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Ratnesh Kumar Singh (Police Constable).

- Register number: JH 05 CW 0002
- Case reference: W.P.(S) (vs Memo No. 648(A) dated 20.09.2007) / (2008) 03 JH CK 0024
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Amareshwar Sahay, J.), 4 March 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Ratnesh Kumar Singh (Police Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 385 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 352 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 427 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
- Finding of the Court (extract): “But in the present case, we find that the evidence in the departmental proceedings and in the criminal trial were not the same. As a matter of fact, in the criminal trial, the witnesses did not support the prosecution case …” (at para 10)
- 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/469414/ratnesh-kumar-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0007)

**Record:** CW-2008-0007 (compiler id CWC-0185); case JHARKH-015
**Title:** Ratnesh Kumar Singh vs State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Amareshwar Sahay
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) (vs Memo No. 648(A) dated 20.09.2007) / (2008) 03 JH CK 0024
**Judgment:** 2008-03-04 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2004-01-01 (2004)
**Place:** East Singhbhum, Jharkhand; city town: Tatanagar, Jamshedpur; police station or unit: Railway Police, Tatanagar; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 385; IPC 352; IPC 506; IPC 323; IPC 427; SC/ST Act 1989 s.3
**Officers (gated display forms):** Ratnesh Kumar Singh (Police Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court dismissed police constable Ratnesh Kumar Singh's writ petition and upheld his dismissal for gross station-house misconduct at Tatanagar Railway Police, where in civil dress he abused the ASI with a caste slur, tried to tear the station diary and threw the telephone set down, leading to an FIR under Sections 385/352/506/323/427 IPC and the SC/ST Act plus departmental proceedings. Though the criminal trial (S.T. No. 315 of 2004) acquitted him after witnesses turned hostile, the Court held the departmental evidence, where witnesses supported the charges, stood independently and the G.M. Tank parity did not apply. The dismissal affirmed by Memo No. 648(A) dated 20 September 2007 was sustained. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> But in the present case, we find that the evidence in the departmental proceedings and in the criminal trial were not the same. As a matter of fact, in the criminal trial, the witnesses did not support the prosecution case and were declared hostile whereas, in the departmental proceedings, the witnesses supported the charge and thereby, the charges were established against the petitioner.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/469414/ratnesh-kumar-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56092d72e4b01497111fc064)
**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:** 10
**display title redacted:** Ratnesh Kumar Singh vs 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': '2008-03-04', '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': '(2008) 03 JH CK 0024', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/469414/ratnesh-kumar-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56092d72e4b01497111fc064', '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:** Jharkhand HC order verified on CourtKutchehry; constable's dismissal for station-house misconduct upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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