# Railway Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand and Others (Railway Police personnel vs State of Jharkhand and Others; \[name withheld\] vs State of Jharkhand and Others)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 December 2008 in W.P.(S) Nos. 3861 of 2003, 1778 of 2003, 3905 of 2003, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Ajit Kumar Sinha, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 3 police personnel, namely: Constable, Railway Police, Jamshedpur; Constable, Railway Police; Constable, Railway Police.

- Register number: JH 05 CW 0003
- Case reference: W.P.(S) Nos. 3861 of 2003, 1778 of 2003, 3905 of 2003 / (2009) 1 JCR 549 (JHA)
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Ajit Kumar Sinha, J.), 17 December 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Railway Police, Jamshedpur; Constable, Railway Police; Constable, Railway Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 386/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Under these facts and circumstances of the case all the three writ petitions, being devoid of any merit, are accordingly dismissed.” (at para 16)
- 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/1050376/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0031)

**Record:** CW-2008-0031 (compiler id CWC-0979); case GAP3-102-001
**Title:** Railway Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand and Others (Railway Police personnel vs State of Jharkhand and Others; \[name withheld\] vs State of Jharkhand and Others)
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Ajit Kumar Sinha
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) Nos. 3861 of 2003, 1778 of 2003, 3905 of 2003 / (2009) 1 JCR 549 (JHA)
**Judgment:** 2008-12-17 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2001-05-26 (2001)
**Place:** East Singhbhum, Jharkhand; city town: Jamshedpur; police station or unit: Railway Police Station, Jamshedpur; force: railway
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** extortion
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 386/34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Railway Police, Jamshedpur; Constable, Railway Police; Constable, Railway Police (3 in record)
**Victims:** Jamshedpur resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Jharkhand High Court records the following account. On 26 May 2001 Railway Police constables, \[name withheld\] and \[name withheld\], while on duty at the Jamshedpur railway platform, extorted Rs 500 from a Gitanjali Express passenger; G.R.P. Case No. 31/2000 (as stated in the judgment) under Section 386/34 IPC was lodged. All three participated in departmental enquiries, were held guilty, were dismissed by the Superintendent of Police, Railway, in July-August 2002, and their appeals were rejected by the DIG, Railway, in June-July 2003. The Jharkhand High Court (Ajit Kumar Sinha, J.) held full opportunity was given, natural justice was followed, and the court could not reappreciate concurrent findings of fact under Article 226. All three writ petitions were dismissed on 17 December 2008, so the dismissals stand; the court made no finding on the criminal charge itself.

> Under these facts and circumstances of the case all the three writ petitions, being devoid of any merit, are accordingly dismissed.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1050376/); 2009 LAB. I. C. (NOC) 614 (JHAR.); 2009 (1) AIR JHAR R 910
**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:** 16
**display title redacted:** Railway Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand and Others (Railway Police personnel vs State of Jharkhand and Others; \[name withheld\] 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': '2008-12-17', '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': '(2009) 1 JCR 549 (JHA)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1050376/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '2009 LAB. I. C. (NOC) 614 (JHAR.)', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '2009 (1) AIR JHAR R 910', '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:** Judgment verified; dismissal of three railway constables for passenger extortion upheld, writs dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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