# Railway Protection Force Constable vs The Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 February 2015 in C.W.J.C. No. 7390 of 2014, the Patna High Court (Coram: Shivaji Pandey, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Railway Protection Force, Katihar Division.

- Register number: BR 39 CW 0001
- Case reference: C.W.J.C. No. 7390 of 2014
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Shivaji Pandey, J.), 18 February 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Railway Protection Force, Katihar Division
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 366A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 422/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 25A of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 26 of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “the order of dismissal with retrospective effect is illegal, but will remain in operation prospectively.” (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://indiankanoon.org/doc/90075879/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0023)

**Record:** CW-2015-0023 (compiler id CWC-1010); case GAP3-105-011
**Title:** Railway Protection Force Constable vs The Union of India and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Shivaji Pandey
**Case number / citation:** C.W.J.C. No. 7390 of 2014
**Judgment:** 2015-02-18 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-01-01 (1993)
**Place:** Katihar, Bihar; city town: Katihar; police station or unit: RPF Post Kumedpur, Katihar Division, N.F. Railway; force: railway
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 363; IPC 366A; IPC 376; IPC 422/34; Arms Act s.25A; Arms Act s.26
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Railway Protection Force, Katihar Division (1 in record)
**Victims:** Katihar woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Patna High Court sustained the dismissal of RPF Constable, imposed on account of his conviction for kidnapping and raping a minor girl and Arms Act offences for which he served ten years imprisonment. The court held that though the order dispensing with an enquiry lacked foundation, a remand would be a useless formality given the admitted heinous conviction involving moral turpitude. It declared the dismissal illegal with retrospective effect but kept it in operation prospectively from 15 September 2011, with back salary for 1993-2011. The dismissal therefore stands. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> the order of dismissal with retrospective effect is illegal, but will remain in operation prospectively.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/90075879/)
**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:** Railway Protection Force Constable vs The Union of India 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': '2015-02-18', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Patna High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Patna High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'C.W.J.C. No. 7390 of 2014', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/90075879/', '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:** Dismissal of rape-convict RPF constable sustained prospectively; writ partly allowed only on retrospectivity.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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