# Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 January 2015 in L.P.A. No. 233 of 2013, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: D. N. Patel, Pramath Patnaik, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Patmada Police Station, Jharkhand Police.

- Register number: JH 05 CW 0006
- Case reference: L.P.A. No. 233 of 2013 / 2015 (2) AJR 214
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: D. N. Patel, Pramath Patnaik, JJ.), 28 January 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Patmada Police Station, Jharkhand Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 411 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 461 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Looking to the nature of misconduct committed by this appellant, the punishment of dismissal awarded to this appellant is absolutely just, proper and adequate.” (at para 5(x))
- 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/113206176/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0018)

**Record:** CW-2015-0018 (compiler id CWC-1029); case GAP3-105-030
**Title:** Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: D. N. Patel; Pramath Patnaik
**Case number / citation:** L.P.A. No. 233 of 2013 / 2015 (2) AJR 214
**Judgment:** 2015-01-28 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** East Singhbhum, Jharkhand; city town: Jamshedpur; police station or unit: Patmada Police Station, Jharkhand Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 379; IPC 411; IPC 461
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Patmada Police Station, Jharkhand Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court Division Bench (D. N. Patel and Pramath Patnaik JJ.) dismissed a constable's Letters Patent Appeal against the Single Judge order dated 18 April 2013 upholding his dismissal for theft. The court noted the trial court had convicted and sentenced him to two years' simple imprisonment, and held the later criminal appellate acquittal on hostile witnesses did not erase the departmentally proved charges. It further held that unpleaded, undocumented prejudice from enquiry-report handling could not vitiate the punishment. Finding no error in the Single Judge's order, the court dismissed the appeal, leaving the dismissal standing.

> Looking to the nature of misconduct committed by this appellant, the punishment of dismissal awarded to this appellant is absolutely just, proper and adequate.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/113206176/); 2015 (2) AJR 214
**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:** 5(x)
**display title redacted:** Jharkhand 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2015-01-28', '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': '2015 (2) AJR 214', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/113206176/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '2015 (2) AJR 214', '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; theft dismissal upheld despite criminal appellate acquittal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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