# Jharkhand Armed Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 February 2012 in W.P.(S) No. 5628 of 2009, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police-4, Bokaro.

- Register number: JH 09 CW 0004
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 5628 of 2009 / (2012) 02 JH CK 0108
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel, J.), 1 February 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police-4, Bokaro
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The petitioner was working in a discipline force. He ought not to have behaved in such a manner. Therefore, the quantum of punishment of dismissal from service cannot be said to be shockingly disproportionate or grossly disproportionate to the nature …” (at para 3.1(iv))
- 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/474226/lalan-kumar-singh-appellant-hash-the-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent-1/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0024)

**Record:** CW-2012-0024 (compiler id CWC-0993); case GAP3-104-008
**Title:** Jharkhand Armed Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 5628 of 2009 / (2012) 02 JH CK 0108
**Judgment:** 2012-02-01 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-07-23 (2000)
**Place:** Bokaro, Jharkhand; city town: Bokaro; police station or unit: Jharkhand Armed Police-4, Bokaro; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police-4, Bokaro (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bokaro woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Jharkhand High Court records the following account. Constable of Jharkhand Armed Police-4, Bokaro, was charged after being caught by a night patrol on 23 July 2000 leaving the quarters of a fellow constable in the same campus, with grave allegations of misconduct concerning the household. An enquiry with multiple witnesses found him guilty, and he was dismissed in February 2002, a penalty re-affirmed on reconsideration after an earlier writ remanded only the quantum question. The Jharkhand High Court found the enquiry procedurally sound with adequate hearing and held dismissal was not shockingly disproportionate for a member of a disciplined force. The Court dismissed the writ petition. (The private woman's name, stated in the judgment, is withheld here for privacy.). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The petitioner was working in a discipline force. He ought not to have behaved in such a manner. Therefore, the quantum of punishment of dismissal from service cannot be said to be shockingly disproportionate or grossly disproportionate to the nature of misconduct.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/474226/lalan-kumar-singh-appellant-hash-the-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent-1/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 3.1(iv)
**display title redacted:** Jharkhand Armed Police Constable vs The 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': '2012-02-01', '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': '(2012) 02 JH CK 0108', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/474226/lalan-kumar-singh-appellant-hash-the-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent-1/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** Jharkhand HC dismissed writ; JAP constable's dismissal for grave off-duty misconduct re-affirmed and upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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