# State of West Bengal & Ors. v. Kolkata Armed Police Sepoy

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 November 2013 in Civil Appeal No. 10729 of 2013, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: K.S. Radhakrishnan, A.K. Sikri, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Sepoy, 2nd Battalion, Kolkata Armed Police.

- Register number: WB 21 CW 0003
- Case reference: Civil Appeal No. 10729 of 2013 / (2014) 3 SCC 610; AIR 2014 SC 405
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: K.S. Radhakrishnan, A.K. Sikri, JJ.), 28 November 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sepoy, 2nd Battalion, Kolkata Armed Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 412 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The Tribunal as well as the High Court have not considered the above-mentioned provision and have committed a mistake in holding that since the respondent was acquitted by a Criminal Court of the same charges, reinstatement was automatic. We find …” (at para 18)
- 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/16056318/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0017)

**Record:** CW-2013-0017 (compiler id CWC-0652); case SWOTHERM-016
**Title:** State of West Bengal & Ors. v. Kolkata Armed Police Sepoy
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: K.S. Radhakrishnan; A.K. Sikri
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 10729 of 2013 / (2014) 3 SCC 610; AIR 2014 SC 405
**Judgment:** 2013-11-28 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-11-12 (2003)
**Place:** North 24 Parganas, West Bengal; city town: Khardah; police station or unit: 2nd Battalion, Kolkata Armed Police (on deputation to Traffic Department, Kolkata Police); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 392; IPC 395; IPC 412; Arms Act s.25; Arms Act s.27
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sepoy, 2nd Battalion, Kolkata Armed Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Sepoy (2nd Battalion KAP, on deputation to Kolkata Traffic Police) was arrested on 26 November 2003 for complicity in a dacoity (Khardah PS Case 383, Sections 392/395/412 IPC and Arms Act), suspended and dismissed after a departmental enquiry found gross misconduct. Though acquitted by the Sessions Court, Barrackpore, he won reinstatement from the WB Administrative Tribunal, affirmed by the Calcutta High Court. The Supreme Court held under the Police Regulations of Calcutta 1968 that criminal acquittal is no bar to departmental punishment, allowed the State's appeal and set aside the reinstatement.

> The Tribunal as well as the High Court have not considered the above-mentioned provision and have committed a mistake in holding that since the respondent was acquitted by a Criminal Court of the same charges, reinstatement was automatic. We find it difficult to support the finding recorded by the Tribunal which was confirmed by the High Court. We, therefore, allow the appeal and set aside the order of the Tribunal, which was affirmed by the High Court.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/16056318/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609af33e4b0149711415cc2)
**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:** 18
**display title redacted:** State of West Bengal & Ors. v. Kolkata Armed Police Sepoy
**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': '2013-11-28', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2014) 3 SCC 610; AIR 2014 SC 405', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/16056318/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609af33e4b0149711415cc2', '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:** SC judgment text verified on Indian Kanoon; Tribunal reinstatement set aside, dacoity-accused sepoy's dismissal sustained.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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