# Asgar Ali vs State of Rajasthan & Ors. (with Idan vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 December 2014 in D.B. Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No. 253/2006 with No. 12/2005, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Sunil Ambwani, Prakash Gupta, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Asgar Ali (Constable); Idan (Sub-Inspector).

- Register number: RJ 22 CW 0002
- Case reference: D.B. Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No. 253/2006 with No. 12/2005
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Sunil Ambwani, Prakash Gupta, JJ.), 11 December 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Asgar Ali (Constable); Idan (Sub-Inspector)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The findings in this regard in the departmental proceedings, cannot be faulted, nor its effect cannot be taken away on the findings recorded in a criminal case, after a period of about 18 years, in which on minor contradictions and …” (at para 30)
- 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/53653387/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0012)

**Record:** CW-2014-0012 (compiler id CWC-0331); case RAJAST-006
**Title:** Asgar Ali vs State of Rajasthan & Ors. (with Idan vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.)
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jodhpur; judges: Sunil Ambwani; Prakash Gupta
**Case number / citation:** D.B. Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No. 253/2006 with No. 12/2005
**Judgment:** 2014-12-11 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1975-06-28 (1975)
**Place:** Pali, Rajasthan; city town: Desuri; police station or unit: Desuri Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Asgar Ali (Constable); Idan (Sub-Inspector) (2 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

A Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur dismissed the special appeals of Sub-Inspector Idan and Constable Asgar Ali of Desuri Police Station, Pali, sustaining their 1978 dismissals after a Rule 16 departmental enquiry. On 28 June 1975 the officers seized 15 kg of contraband opium from five persons but, instead of recording the search, seizure and detention in police records, misappropriated the opium, released the accused and disposed of the contraband for illegal consideration, with the constable abandoning duty to assist. The Court held the departmental findings on non-recording could not be faulted and could not be displaced by a criminal acquittal secured about 18 years later on minor contradictions, applying the differing standards of proof in departmental and criminal proceedings. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The findings in this regard in the departmental proceedings, cannot be faulted, nor its effect cannot be taken away on the findings recorded in a criminal case, after a period of about 18 years, in which on minor contradictions and inconsistencies, the statements of witnesses for prosecution were disbelieved by the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/53653387/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e3c94a93261a672ba9aa)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** 30
**display title redacted:** Asgar Ali vs State of Rajasthan & Ors. (with Idan vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.)
**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': '2014-12-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'D.B. Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No. 253/2006 with No. 12/2005', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/53653387/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e3c94a93261a672ba9aa', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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:** Rajasthan High Court Division Bench dismissed special appeals and sustained dismissal of SI Idan and Constable Asgar Ali for misappropriating 15 kg seized opium and releasing the accused.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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