# Godda District Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 9 October 2012 in W.P.(S) No. 4321 of 2012, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Alok Singh, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Godda District Police.

- Register number: JH 17 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 4321 of 2012
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Alok Singh, J.), 9 October 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Godda District Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The very fact that petitioner was named as the accused in the Sahebganj Muffassil P.S. Case No. 51 of 2001 and was held guilty and convicted by competent court for an offence under Section 364 I.P.C. and remained in jail, …” (at para n/a (unnumbered order dated 09.10.2012))
- 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/190588531/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0036)

**Record:** CW-2012-0036 (compiler id CWC-0997); case GAP3-104-012
**Title:** Godda District Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Alok Singh
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 4321 of 2012
**Judgment:** 2012-10-09 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2001-01-01 (2001)
**Place:** Godda, Jharkhand; city town: Godda; police station or unit: Godda District Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 364
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Godda District Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Godda resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court (Alok Singh J.) on 9 October 2012 dismissed the writ petition of Godda police Constable and upheld his termination from service. The court recorded as undisputed that he had been convicted under Section 364 IPC in Sahebganj Muffassil P.S. Case No. 51 of 2001, that the conviction had attained finality, and that his absence from duty was spent serving the sentence in Central Jail. The court held that under Rule 828(b) of the Jharkhand Police Manual no notice or departmental enquiry is required where termination follows a criminal conviction. The termination was consequently sustained. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The very fact that petitioner was named as the accused in the Sahebganj Muffassil P.S. Case No. 51 of 2001 and was held guilty and convicted by competent court for an offence under Section 364 I.P.C. and remained in jail, is not in dispute. It is also not in dispute that conviction order against the petitioner has attained finality.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/190588531/)
**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 (unnumbered order dated 09.10.2012)
**display title redacted:** Godda District Police Constable vs 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': '2012-10-09', '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': 'W.P.(S) No. 4321 of 2012', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/190588531/', '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:** HC upheld conviction-based termination of constable convicted under IPC 364.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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