# BSF Constable (dismissed) vs Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 October 2013 in Writ Petition No. 7455/2011, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Sujoy Paul, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable (dismissed), 35th Battalion BSF.

- Register number: MP 07 CW 0004
- Case reference: Writ Petition No. 7455/2011 / (2014) 1 MPJR 45; (2014) 1 MPLJ 600; (2013) 10 MP CK 0231
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Sujoy Paul, J.), 22 October 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable (dismissed), 35th Battalion BSF
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section (SSFC trial) of the BSF Act, 1968; Section 117(2) of the BSF Act, 1968
- Finding of the Court (extract): “As analyzed above, there is no substance in the petition. The charges established against the petitioner are very grave. It cannot be said that the petitioner is subjected to any harsh/excessive punishment.” (at para 13)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 1 year.
- 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/600574/jitender-singh-vs-union-of-india-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0036)

**Record:** CW-2013-0036 (compiler id CWC-1254); case GAP3-77-003
**Title:** BSF Constable (dismissed) vs Union of India and Others
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Gwalior; judges: Sujoy Paul
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition No. 7455/2011 / (2014) 1 MPJR 45; (2014) 1 MPLJ 600; (2013) 10 MP CK 0231
**Judgment:** 2013-10-22 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Tekanpur; police station or unit: 35th Battalion BSF (tried by SSFC at STC, BSF Tekanpur); force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** BSF Act 1968 (SSFC trial); BSF Act 1968 s.117(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable (dismissed), 35th Battalion BSF (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

BSF Constable was charge-sheeted on 29 March 2011 on a grave charge of sodomy and tried by a Summary Security Force Court at STC BSF Tekanpur, which found the charge proved and dismissed him from service with one year's rigorous imprisonment in civil jail on 18 May 2011, affirmed on appeal on 27 September 2011. He challenged the punishment contending the allegations were IPC offences not triable under the BSF Act, the convening authority was incompetent, and CrPC and Evidence Act procedures were not followed. The Madhya Pradesh High Court held the SSFC trial competent, that the CrPC and Evidence Act do not apply to SSFC trials, that the bar on the accused's friend cross-examining witnesses under Rule 157 is valid, and that no personal hearing is required under Section 117(2). The Court held the charges very grave and the punishment not harsh or excessive, and dismissed the writ petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> As analyzed above, there is no substance in the petition. The charges established against the petitioner are very grave. It cannot be said that the petitioner is subjected to any harsh/excessive punishment.

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/600574/jitender-singh-vs-union-of-india-and-others/); (2014) 1 MPJR 45; (2014) 1 MPLJ 600
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** BSF Constable (dismissed) vs Union of India 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': '2013-10-22', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2014) 1 MPJR 45; (2014) 1 MPLJ 600; (2013) 10 MP CK 0231', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/600574/jitender-singh-vs-union-of-india-and-others/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2014) 1 MPJR 45', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2014) 1 MPLJ 600', '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:** MP HC (Gwalior) upheld SSFC dismissal plus one year RI of BSF constable on grave sodomy charge; CrPC/Evidence Act held inapplicable to SSFC trials.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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