# Magha Puri vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 November 2008 in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1614/1996, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Vineet Kothari, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Magha Puri (Constable).

- Register number: RJ 07 CW 0001
- Case reference: S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1614/1996
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Vineet Kothari, J.), 11 November 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Magha Puri (Constable)
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Thus, this Court finds no ground to quash the impugned orders passed by disciplinary authority and appellate authority awarding punishment of dismissal from service against the petitioner. Consequently, the writ petition has no force and same is accordingly dismissed.” (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/962936/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0014)

**Record:** CW-2008-0014 (compiler id CWC-0327); case RAJAST-002
**Title:** Magha Puri vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jodhpur; judges: Vineet Kothari
**Case number / citation:** S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1614/1996
**Judgment:** 2008-11-11 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1990-01-01 (1990)
**Place:** Bikaner, Rajasthan; city town: Bikaner; police station or unit: Naya Shehar Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 498A; IPC 406; IPC 420
**Officers (gated display forms):** Magha Puri (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bikaner man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Principal Seat of the Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur dismissed a writ petition filed by dismissed Constable Magha Puri of Naya Shehar Police Station, Bikaner, upholding his dismissal from service. A departmental inquiry had found Magha Puri guilty of demanding and taking an illegal gratification of Rs. 40,000 from complainant \[name withheld\] and others to compromise and settle a pending criminal case registered under Sections 498A and 406 IPC. The High Court affirmed the findings of the inquiry officer based on testimony of independent witnesses and held that accepting a bribe to settle a criminal case was grave misconduct warranting the punishment of dismissal. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Thus, this Court finds no ground to quash the impugned orders passed by disciplinary authority and appellate authority awarding punishment of dismissal from service against the petitioner. Consequently, the writ petition has no force and same is accordingly dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/962936/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**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:** Magha Puri vs State of Rajasthan & 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': '2008-11-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1614/1996', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/962936/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**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:** Rajasthan High Court upheld the dismissal of Constable Magha Puri for demanding and accepting a Rs. 40,000 bribe to settle a criminal case.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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