# Barora Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 November 2014 in W.P.(S) No. 4675 of 2005, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Aparesh Kumar Singh, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Assistant Sub-Inspector, Barora Police Station, Dhanbad.

- Register number: JH 10 CW 0003
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 4675 of 2005
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Aparesh Kumar Singh, J.), 14 November 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Barora Police Station, Dhanbad
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The enquiry officer found the charges against the petitioner fully established on consideration of materials produced during the course of enquiry. Perusal of the enquiry report shows that the statement of the witness, officer in-charge and the Sanjeet Kumar Mishra, …” (at para 7)
- 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/37084102/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0034)

**Record:** CW-2014-0034 (compiler id CWC-0999); case GAP3-104-014
**Title:** Barora Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Aparesh Kumar Singh
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 4675 of 2005
**Judgment:** 2014-11-14 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-10-31 (1993)
**Place:** Dhanbad, Jharkhand; city town: Barora; police station or unit: Barora Police Station, Dhanbad; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Barora Police Station, Dhanbad (1 in record)
**Victims:** Barora resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Jharkhand High Court records the following account. replace victim name 'a minor' with role noun (e.g. 'a man'/'a boy'). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The enquiry officer found the charges against the petitioner fully established on consideration of materials produced during the course of enquiry. Perusal of the enquiry report shows that the statement of the witness, officer in-charge and the Sanjeet Kumar Mishra, who was informant, have been taken into account for coming to such a finding.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/37084102/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Barora Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs 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': \['court_quote_para', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2014-11-14', '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': 'W.P.(S) No. 4675 of 2005', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/37084102/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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:** HC upheld compulsory retirement of ASI for fatal unprovoked shooting despite acquittal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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