# Patmada Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 April 2013 in W.P.(S) No. 704 of 2003, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: S. Chandrashekhar, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Patmada Police Station, East Singhbhum.

- Register number: JH 05 CW 0005
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 704 of 2003 / (2013) 2 JLJR 628
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: S. Chandrashekhar, J.), 18 April 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Patmada Police Station, East Singhbhum
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 461 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 411 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “A perusal of the enquiry report would disclose that the petitioner was apprehended on the spot by the villagers in the night of 24/25.9.2000 and a First Information Report was lodged against him. During the departmental enquiry, the villagers have …” (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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/471686/barmeshwar-nath-singh-yadav-appellant-hash-the-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0025)

**Record:** CW-2013-0025 (compiler id CWC-0992); case GAP3-104-007
**Title:** Patmada Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: S. Chandrashekhar
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 704 of 2003 / (2013) 2 JLJR 628
**Judgment:** 2013-04-18 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-09-25 (2000)
**Place:** East Singhbhum, Jharkhand; city town: Patmada; police station or unit: Patmada Police Station, East Singhbhum; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 461; IPC 379; IPC 411
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Patmada Police Station, East Singhbhum (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Jharkhand High Court records the following account. Constable of Patmada Police Station, East Singhbhum, was apprehended by villagers on the night of 24/25 September 2000 at the scene of a godown theft near the Swarnrekha river, leading to Patmada P.S. Case No. 66 of 2000 under IPC sections 461, 379 and 411. He was dismissed in August 2001 after a departmental enquiry in which villagers deposed against him, and his appeal was rejected. The Jharkhand High Court found the enquiry report had been supplied with the show-cause notice and no prejudice was shown, and held that theft involving moral turpitude warranted dismissal. The Court dismissed the writ petition, and the Division Bench later dismissed his appeal, holding departmental proof could stand despite his criminal acquittal on hostile witnesses.

> A perusal of the enquiry report would disclose that the petitioner was apprehended on the spot by the villagers in the night of 24/25.9.2000 and a First Information Report was lodged against him. During the departmental enquiry, the villagers have deposed that the petitioner was apprehended on the spot and he along with the officer-in-charge of the police station and other two persons facilitated the theft of iron rods from the godown.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/471686/barmeshwar-nath-singh-yadav-appellant-hash-the-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/482891/barmeshwar-nath-singh-yadav-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** 5
**display title redacted:** Patmada 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': \['secondary_sources'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2013-04-18', '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': '(2013) 2 JLJR 628', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/471686/barmeshwar-nath-singh-yadav-appellant-hash-the-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/482891/barmeshwar-nath-singh-yadav-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent/', '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; dismissal for facilitating godown theft (moral turpitude) upheld despite criminal acquittal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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