# Narhan Bazar, Bibhutipur Police Constable vs The State Of Bihar & Ors

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 February 2012 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 9314 of 1998, the Patna High Court (Coram: Shivaji Pandey, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Narhan Bazar, Samastipur.

- Register number: BR 33 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 9314 of 1998
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Shivaji Pandey, J.), 6 February 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Narhan Bazar, Samastipur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “for a petty matter, petitioner used his service rifle and killed one person and injured others without any provocation and, as such, he does not deserve any sympathy from this Court. This act is not only highest degree of misconduct …” (at para 9)
- 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/102197345/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0002)

**Record:** CW-2012-0002 (compiler id CWC-0053); case BIHAR2-005
**Title:** Narhan Bazar, Bibhutipur Police Constable vs The State Of Bihar & Ors
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Shivaji Pandey
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 9314 of 1998
**Judgment:** 2012-02-06 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-03-06 (1989)
**Place:** Samastipur, Bihar; city town: Narhan Bazar, Bibhutipur; police station or unit: Narhan Bazar police post / Bibhutipur Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 307; IPC 34; Arms Act 1959 s.27
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Narhan Bazar, Samastipur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Narhan Bazar, Bibhutipur woman; Narhan Bazar, Bibhutipur man; Narhan Bazar, Bibhutipur resident; Narhan Bazar, Bibhutipur resident; Narhan Bazar, Bibhutipur resident; Narhan Bazar, Bibhutipur resident; Narhan Bazar, Bibhutipur resident (7 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Patna High Court upheld the dismissal of Bihar Police constable, posted at Narhan Bazar in Samastipur for law-and-order duty, who quarrelled with vegetable vendor a Narhan Bazar, Bibhutipur woman over 25 paise on March 6, 1989, assaulted her and her husband, then returned with his service rifle and an associate and fired twice, killing one person and injuring four (Bibhutipur PS Case No. 34 of 1989). A departmental enquiry proved the charges, leading to dismissal by the SP Samastipur on September 28, 1995, affirmed on appeal and memorial; the constable was also criminally convicted and sentenced to 5 years RI under Sections 307/34 IPC and 2 years RI under the Arms Act, upheld on criminal appeal. Holding the misconduct of the highest degree and a barbaric crime, the Court found dismissal not disproportionate and dismissed the writ petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> for a petty matter, petitioner used his service rifle and killed one person and injured others without any provocation and, as such, he does not deserve any sympathy from this Court. This act is not only highest degree of misconduct but at same time a barbaric and heinous crime against the society.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/102197345/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**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:** 9
**display title redacted:** Narhan Bazar, Bibhutipur Police Constable vs The State Of Bihar & 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2012-02-06', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Patna High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Patna High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 9314 of 1998', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/102197345/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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:** Patna HC upheld dismissal of constable for firing service rifle in market over petty dispute, killing one and injuring four.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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