# District Police Head Constable vs State of Haryana and others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 January 2014 in LPA No. 1516 of 2013, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Jasbir Singh, Harinder Singh Sidhu, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable, Commando Wing, District Police Panipat, Haryana Police.

- Register number: HR 06 CW 0002
- Case reference: LPA No. 1516 of 2013
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Jasbir Singh, Harinder Singh Sidhu, JJ.), 21 January 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Commando Wing, District Police Panipat, Haryana Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Rule 16.2(2) of the Punjab Police Rules, 1934
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Moreover, Hon'ble the Supreme Court has in various cases held that it is not in public interest to retain in service any official who has been convicted of an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Resultantly, the appeal …” (at para n/a)
- 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/154534730/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0001)

**Record:** CW-2014-0001 (compiler id CWC-0161); case HARYAN-007
**Title:** District Police Head Constable vs State of Haryana and others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Jasbir Singh; Harinder Singh Sidhu
**Case number / citation:** LPA No. 1516 of 2013
**Judgment:** 2014-01-21 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-02-06 (2003)
**Place:** Panipat, Haryana; city town: Panipat; police station or unit: Commando Wing, District Police Panipat, Haryana Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13; Punjab Police Rules 1934 r.16.2(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Commando Wing, District Police Panipat, Haryana Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Head Constable of the Haryana Police Commando Wing, Panipat was convicted on 29 March 2011 under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, in an FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Branch, Delhi. Following his conviction, he was dismissed from service on 7 June 2012 by Haryana Police, which he challenged contending that dismissal must await the outcome of his criminal appeal before the Delhi High Court. The Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed his Letters Patent Appeal, holding that Rule 16.2(2) of the Punjab Police Rules contains no bar against dismissal pending appeal and that it is contrary to the public interest to retain a corruption convict in the police force.

> Moreover, Hon'ble the Supreme Court has in various cases held that it is not in public interest to retain in service any official who has been convicted of an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Resultantly, the appeal is without merit and is dismissed.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/154534730/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/129035888/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**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
**display title redacted:** District Police Head Constable vs State of Haryana 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': '2014-01-21', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Punjab and Haryana High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'LPA No. 1516 of 2013', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/154534730/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/129035888/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**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:** High Court Division Bench dismissed LPA and upheld dismissal of Head Constable convicted under Prevention of Corruption Act.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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