CW-2012-0021Bengaluru Urban, KarnatakaJudgment 3 December 2012

Bengaluru Police Armed Police Constable (APC-1140) vs The State of Karnataka and Others

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. Armed Police Constable of CAR (South), Bengaluru remained unauthorisedly absent from 2 August 2004, admitting 192 days absence before the enquiry officer. The Deputy Commissioner of Police imposed compulsory retirement in June 2005 considering his earlier record of absence in 18 years of service, and the appellate, revisional and KAT orders affirmed the penalty. The Division Bench held the disciplinary authority was justified in imposing compulsory retirement, calling it a lenient view, and found the 192-day absence from an essential service astonishing. Recording concurrent findings of fact, the Court held the penalty not disproportionate and dismissed the writ petition as devoid of merit. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 3 December 2012 in W.P. No. 46400 of 2012 (S-KAT) (against KAT Application No. 5066/2007, 10.07.2012), the Karnataka High Court (Coram: N. K. Patil, B. S. Indrakala, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Armed Police Constable (APC-1140), City Armed Reserve (South), Bengaluru.

Register number
KA 01 CW 0018
Case reference
W.P. No. 46400 of 2012 (S-KAT) (against KAT Application No. 5066/2007, 10.07.2012)
Court and date
Karnataka High Court (Coram: N. K. Patil, B. S. Indrakala, JJ.), 3 December 2012
Officer(s) at the material time
Armed Police Constable (APC-1140), City Armed Reserve (South), Bengaluru
Present service status
Recorded in the cited sources as compulsorily retired.
Provisions invoked
Not stated in the cited sources
Finding of the Court (extract)
“justified in imposing penalty of compulsory retirement to the petitioner, which is infact a lenient view” (at para 5)
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.

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The Karnataka High Court judgment dated 3 December 2012 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

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What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“justified in imposing penalty of compulsory retirement to the petitioner, which is infact a lenient view” (para 5)

Institutional response

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3 Dec 2012

Order issued

Concluded
Karnataka High Court External · Binding

The Karnataka High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.

Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: W.P. No. 46400 of 2012 (S-KAT) (against KAT Application No. 5066/2007, 10.07.2012)
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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