# Rajasthan Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Another

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 December 2008, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: H.R. Panwar, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Rajasthan Police Department.

- Register number: RJ 00 CW 0002
- Case reference: (2009) 3 RLW 2163
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: H.R. Panwar, J.), 11 December 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Rajasthan Police Department
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 16 of the Rajasthan CCA Rules, 1958; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It cannot be said that the punishment imposed to the delinquent police constable is disproportionate to the delinquency.” (at para 20)
- 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/221718/heera-mani-appellant-hash-state-of-rajasthan-and-another-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0030)

**Record:** CW-2008-0030 (compiler id CWC-0901); case GAP2-54-004
**Title:** Rajasthan Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Another
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; judges: H.R. Panwar
**Case number / citation:** (2009) 3 RLW 2163
**Judgment:** 2008-12-11 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-01-01 (1996)
**Place:** Rajasthan; police station or unit: Rajasthan Police Department; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Rajasthan CCA Rules 1958 Rule 16; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Rajasthan Police Department (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. Constable voluntarily remained absent without leave, and a Rule 16 inquiry proved 57 days absence in 1996 with a record of repeated voluntary absence; the disciplinary authority terminated him on 26.10.1996 as a habitual absentee. He never filed a statutory appeal or review in his lifetime and died on 30.04.1999, after which his widow \[name withheld\] filed the writ. The court held inquiry procedure was followed with defence representation and no natural-justice violation, the delinquent had accepted the punishment in his lifetime, the post-death writ suffered delay and laches, and interference scope on findings and quantum is very limited. It held termination not disproportionate and dismissed the writ with no order as to costs (posting district not stated in judgment).

> It cannot be said that the punishment imposed to the delinquent police constable is disproportionate to the delinquency.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/221718/heera-mani-appellant-hash-state-of-rajasthan-and-another-respondent/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** 20
**display title redacted:** Rajasthan Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Another
**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': '2008-12-11', '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': '(2009) 3 RLW 2163', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/221718/heera-mani-appellant-hash-state-of-rajasthan-and-another-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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 verified; termination of habitually absent constable upheld on widow's petition.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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