# Jharkhand Armed Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 10 July 2015 in W.P.(S) No. 873 of 2008, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Pramath Patnaik, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police-8, Palamau.

- Register number: JH 03 CW 0004
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 873 of 2008
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Pramath Patnaik, J.), 10 July 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police-8, Palamau
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Since the petitioner is guilty of concealment of information about his previous criminal case, it amounts to grave misconduct. Particularly in a disciplined service like police.” (at para 14(i))
- 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/63247379/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0028)

**Record:** CW-2015-0028 (compiler id CWC-1032); case GAP3-105-033
**Title:** Jharkhand Armed Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Pramath Patnaik
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 873 of 2008
**Judgment:** 2015-07-10 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-08-05 (2005)
**Place:** Palamu, Jharkhand; police station or unit: Jharkhand Armed Police-8, Palamau; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police-8, Palamau (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court (Pramath Patnaik J.) dismissed a Jharkhand Armed Police constable's writ against his dismissal dated 30 October 2007. The court found he had concealed a previous criminal case and judicial custody at appointment, which it held amounts to grave misconduct, particularly in a disciplined service like the police. It held that unshown prejudice from enquiry-report handling could not vitiate the proceeding and that the major punishment was proportionate. The dismissal, confirmed in departmental appeal on 20 August 2008, therefore stands.

> Since the petitioner is guilty of concealment of information about his previous criminal case, it amounts to grave misconduct. Particularly in a disciplined service like police.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/63247379/)
**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:** 14(i)
**display title redacted:** Jharkhand Armed 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': '2015-07-10', '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': 'W.P.(S) No. 873 of 2008', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/63247379/', '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 concealing criminal antecedents upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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