# Jharkhand Police Hawaldar vs The State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 February 2015 in W.P.(S) No. 6176 of 2009, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Hawaldar, Jharkhand Police (posted Chaibasa).

- Register number: JH 02 CW 0002
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 6176 of 2009 / 2015 (3) AJR 675
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.), 4 February 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time: Hawaldar, Jharkhand Police (posted Chaibasa)
- 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 has come to a definite finding in its opinion part of the inquiry report that the petitioner has misused his official position and fell in love with a girl and wanted to marry her.” (at para 12)
- 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/128263266/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0021)

**Record:** CW-2015-0021 (compiler id CWC-1031); case GAP3-105-032
**Title:** Jharkhand Police Hawaldar vs The State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Sujit Narayan Prasad
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 6176 of 2009 / 2015 (3) AJR 675
**Judgment:** 2015-02-04 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Hazaribagh, Jharkhand; city town: Hazaribagh; police station or unit: Jharkhand Police (posted Chaibasa); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Hawaldar, Jharkhand Police (posted Chaibasa) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Hazaribagh woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court (Sujit Narayan Prasad J.) dismissed a Hawaldar's writ against his dismissal dated 31 March 2004. The court found the enquiry had proved, on witness depositions and documents, that he stalked a Hazaribagh woman under a false identity, misused his service pistol, threatened adverse newspaper publicity, and demanded Rs. 3 lakhs. It held that writ review examines only whether the disciplinary conclusion rests on evidence, and that the petitioner had been heard at every stage. The dismissal, already affirmed in appeal and memorial, therefore stands.

> The Enquiry Officer has come to a definite finding in its opinion part of the inquiry report that the petitioner has misused his official position and fell in love with a girl and wanted to marry her.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/128263266/); 2015 (3) AJR 675
**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:** 12
**display title redacted:** Jharkhand Police Hawaldar 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': '2015-02-04', '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 (3) AJR 675', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/128263266/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '2015 (3) AJR 675', '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:** Writ dismissed; dismissal for stalking, pistol misuse and extortion upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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