# Civil Police Head Constable v. State of U.P. and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 12 March 2015 in Writ-A No. 28337 of 2009, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Yashwant Varma, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable, Civil Police, U.P. Police.

- Register number: UP 00 CW 0003
- Case reference: Writ-A No. 28337 of 2009
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: Yashwant Varma, J.), 12 March 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Civil Police, U.P. Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: the Rule 29, U.P. Government Servant Conduct Rules, 1956; the U.P. Police Officers of the Subordinate Ranks (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1991
- Finding of the Court (extract): “A member of the police force is charged with the duty of maintaining the law, upholding the standards of a civil society. The punishment, viewed in light of the above facts, does not shock the conscience of this Court warranting …” (at para 17)
- 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/353124/ram-pratap-singh-vs-state-of-up-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0024)

**Record:** CW-2015-0024 (compiler id CWC-0964); case GAP3-6-004
**Title:** Civil Police Head Constable v. State of U.P. and Others
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: Yashwant Varma
**Case number / citation:** Writ-A No. 28337 of 2009
**Judgment:** 2015-03-12 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1978-01-01 (1978)
**Place:** Uttar Pradesh; police station or unit: Civil Police, U.P. Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Rule 29, U.P. Government Servant Conduct Rules, 1956; U.P. Police Officers of the Subordinate Ranks (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1991
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Civil Police, U.P. Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Allahabad High Court (single Judge, 12 March 2015) dismissed the writ petition of Head Constable \[name withheld\] of the Civil Police and sustained his dismissal dated 16 October 2008 for contracting a second marriage in 1978 during the subsistence of his 1965 first marriage, without the permission required by Rule 29 of the U.P. Government Servant Conduct Rules, 1956. The Court noted both wives had deposed before the enquiry officer and the misconduct surfaced on the first wife's complaint of ill-treatment. The Court held that a member of the police force is charged with upholding the law and standards of civil society, and the punishment did not shock its conscience. The appellate (30 January 2009) and revisional (26 December 2009) affirmations were left undisturbed, with no compensation ordered. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> A member of the police force is charged with the duty of maintaining the law, upholding the standards of a civil society. The punishment, viewed in light of the above facts, does not shock the conscience of this Court warranting substitution of the choice made by the administrator.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/353124/ram-pratap-singh-vs-state-of-up-and-others/)
**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:** 17
**display title redacted:** Civil Police Head Constable v. State of U.P. 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': '2015-03-12', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'Writ-A No. 28337 of 2009', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/353124/ram-pratap-singh-vs-state-of-up-and-others/', '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:** HC dismissed writ; head constable's dismissal for bigamy without permission sustained.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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