# Bihar Military Police Sepoy vs State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 13 September 2012 in C.W.J.C. No. 1750 of 1995 (R), the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Alok Singh, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Sepoy, Bihar Military Police-II, Jamshedpur.

- Register number: JH 05 CW 0004
- Case reference: C.W.J.C. No. 1750 of 1995 (R)
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Alok Singh, J.), 13 September 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sepoy, Bihar Military Police-II, Jamshedpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Petitioner, who was sepoy in the Bihar Military Police, was caught red handed stealing the iron angle. It is the sufficient ground to dismiss the petitioner from the police service. No interference is called for.” (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/182669774/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0035)

**Record:** CW-2012-0035 (compiler id CWC-0994); case GAP3-104-009
**Title:** Bihar Military Police Sepoy vs State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Alok Singh
**Case number / citation:** C.W.J.C. No. 1750 of 1995 (R)
**Judgment:** 2012-09-13 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1979-01-05 (1979)
**Place:** East Singhbhum, Jharkhand; city town: Jamshedpur; police station or unit: Bihar Military Police-II, Jamshedpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sepoy, Bihar Military Police-II, Jamshedpur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Sepoy of BMP-II, Jamshedpur, was caught stealing an iron angle from the Lalbabu Tube Company on the night of 4/5 January 1979 (then undivided Bihar) and dismissed after a departmental enquiry, but the Ranchi Bench quashed that dismissal in 1991 for non-supply of documents and ordered a fresh enquiry. A de novo enquiry again proved the charge, leading to dismissal in May 1994 and rejection of his appeal. The Jharkhand High Court found all documents and the enquiry report had been served with the 1994 show-cause and rejected the non-supply plea. The Court held a sepoy caught red-handed stealing amply justified dismissal and dismissed the writ petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Petitioner, who was sepoy in the Bihar Military Police, was caught red handed stealing the iron angle. It is the sufficient ground to dismiss the petitioner from the police service. No interference is called for.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/182669774/)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Bihar Military Police Sepoy vs State of Bihar 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': '2012-09-13', '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': 'C.W.J.C. No. 1750 of 1995 (R)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/182669774/', '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; de novo dismissal for red-handed factory theft (1979) upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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