# Dungarpur Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 October 2009 in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 648/1997, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Govind Mathur, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Police Line, Dungarpur.

- Register number: RJ 12 CW 0001
- Case reference: S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 648/1997
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Govind Mathur, J.), 29 October 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Police Line, Dungarpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Rule 16 of the Rajasthan CCA Rules, 1958; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 227 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the present case, the complainant \[name withheld\] and other police officials, who made investigation in the case, supported the allegations. Sole defence of the delinquent employee was that the police officials made wrong statements because of bias, but he …” (at para n/a)
- 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/1569957/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2009-0032)

**Record:** CW-2009-0032 (compiler id CWC-1083); case GAP3-121-001
**Title:** Dungarpur Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jodhpur; judges: Govind Mathur
**Case number / citation:** S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 648/1997
**Judgment:** 2009-10-29 (2009, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1992-02-01 (1992)
**Place:** Dungarpur, Rajasthan; city town: Dungarpur; police station or unit: Police Line, Dungarpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 420; IPC 379; Rajasthan CCA Rules 1958 Rule 16; Constitution Art. 226; Constitution Art. 227
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Police Line, Dungarpur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Dungarpur resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. Rajasthan Police Constable of Police Line, Dungarpur was charge-sheeted in 1994 for allegedly taking a Rs 40,000 bribe from a Dungarpur resident, an accused in a customs/smuggling matter, in February 1992, tarnishing the image of the police. The inquiry officer found him not guilty, but the disciplinary authority disagreed after notice and removed him from service in September 1995 — affirmed in appeal in August 1996 — while the ACJM No. 1, Udaipur acquitted him in the related criminal case under Sections 420 and 379 IPC in August 1995. The court found the complainant and police investigation witnesses supported the bribe allegation, held the disciplinary authority was entitled to disagree with reasons after notice, and held the benefit-of-doubt criminal acquittal does not vitiate a departmental finding on preponderance of probability. It dismissed the writ petition, sustaining the removal. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the present case, the complainant \[name withheld\] and other police officials, who made investigation in the case, supported the allegations. Sole defence of the delinquent employee was that the police officials made wrong statements because of bias, but he failed to satisfy the reason for such bias. Nothing is said by him regarding any nexus between the complainant and the police officials.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1569957/)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Dungarpur Police Constable 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': '2009-10-29', '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. 648/1997', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1569957/', '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:** Judgment text verified; constable's removal for Rs 40,000 bribe-taking upheld despite criminal acquittal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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