# Rail Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 December 2013 in LPA No. 456 of 2012 (against W.P.(S) No. 2078 of 2012), the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: R. Banumathi, Aparesh Kumar Singh, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Rail Police, Dhanbad.

- Register number: JH 12 CW 0001
- Case reference: LPA No. 456 of 2012 (against W.P.(S) No. 2078 of 2012) / (2014) 1 JLJR 291; (2013) 12 JH CK 0019
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: R. Banumathi, Aparesh Kumar Singh, JJ.), 6 December 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Rail Police, Dhanbad
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The charges against the petitioner was found established and are so serious in nature that any employer is justified in losing confidence in such a delinquent employee.” (at para 6)
- 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/2776759/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0039)

**Record:** CW-2013-0039 (compiler id CWC-0987); case GAP3-104-002
**Title:** Rail Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: R. Banumathi; Aparesh Kumar Singh
**Case number / citation:** LPA No. 456 of 2012 (against W.P.(S) No. 2078 of 2012) / (2014) 1 JLJR 291; (2013) 12 JH CK 0019
**Judgment:** 2013-12-06 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-05-27 (2003)
**Place:** Koderma, Jharkhand; city town: Koderma; police station or unit: Rail Police, Dhanbad; force: railway
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 377
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Rail Police, Dhanbad (1 in record)
**Victims:** Koderma boy, age 12 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

delete parenthetical '(recorded as dismissal-type penalty)'. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The charges against the petitioner was found established and are so serious in nature that any employer is justified in losing confidence in such a delinquent employee.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/2776759/); (2014) 1 JLJR 291; (2013) 12 JH CK 0019
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** Rail 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para', 'secondary_sources', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2013-12-06', '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': '(2014) 1 JLJR 291; (2013) 12 JH CK 0019', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/2776759/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2014) 1 JLJR 291', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2013) 12 JH CK 0019', '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:** LPA dismissed; railway constable's compulsory retirement for sexual abuse of minor upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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