# Chirkunda Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 December 2014 in W.P.(S) No. 2486 of 2013, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Chirkunda Police Station, Dhanbad.

- Register number: JH 10 CW 0005
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 2486 of 2013 / (2014) 12 JH CK 0117
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.), 17 December 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Chirkunda Police Station, Dhanbad
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 3 of the Bihar Jharkhand Servant Conduct Rules, 1976; Rule 4 of the Bihar Jharkhand Servant Conduct Rules, 1976
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Considering the nature of allegation it can be safely said that the conduct of the petitioner is not fit to be a government servant. On perusal of record it appears that sufficient opportunity of being heard had been given to …” (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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1027220/peter-barla-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-ors-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0038)

**Record:** CW-2014-0038 (compiler id CWC-0991); case GAP3-104-006
**Title:** Chirkunda Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Sujit Narayan Prasad
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 2486 of 2013 / (2014) 12 JH CK 0117
**Judgment:** 2014-12-17 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2009-01-01 (2009)
**Place:** Dhanbad, Jharkhand; city town: Chirkunda; police station or unit: Chirkunda Police Station, Dhanbad; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Bihar Jharkhand Servant Conduct Rules 1976 Rule 3; Bihar Jharkhand Servant Conduct Rules 1976 Rule 4
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Chirkunda Police Station, Dhanbad (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Jharkhand High Court records the following account. Constable, appointed in the Gumla District Police in 1999 and posted at Chirkunda Police Station, Dhanbad, was charged with reporting for and remaining on duty in a drunken state and abusing colleagues and the public during 2009-2010. A regular departmental enquiry, supported by the Officer Incharge's evidence and four prior punishments for similar conduct, proved the charges, and he was dismissed in April 2010 with his appeal rejected. The Jharkhand High Court found he had been given repeated opportunities but chose not to appear, and held his conduct unfit for a government servant under the Conduct Rules. The Court declined to reappraise concurrent findings under Article 226 and dismissed the writ petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Considering the nature of allegation it can be safely said that the conduct of the petitioner is not fit to be a government servant. On perusal of record it appears that sufficient opportunity of being heard had been given to the petitioner but, it was the petitioner who himself chosen not to appear before the inquiry officer, in spite of several notices given to him which reflects his adamant attitude.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1027220/peter-barla-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-ors-respondent/)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Chirkunda Police Constable 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2014-12-17', '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) 12 JH CK 0117', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1027220/peter-barla-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-ors-respondent/', '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:** Jharkhand HC dismissed writ; dismissal for habitual on-duty drunkenness and abuse upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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