# Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 December 2015 in W.P.(S) No. 7671 of 2011, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Pramath Patnaik, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Jharkhand Police, Dhanbad (PMCH prisoner-ward guard).

- Register number: JH 10 CW 0008
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 7671 of 2011
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Pramath Patnaik, J.), 4 December 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Jharkhand Police, Dhanbad (PMCH prisoner-ward guard)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “As per the statement of the accused, there was candles and matches in the prisoner ward, the fire incident took place due to absence of the petitioner and others on the spot the fire engulfed.” (at para 7(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/158631019/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0037)

**Record:** CW-2015-0037 (compiler id CWC-1034); case GAP3-105-035
**Title:** Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Pramath Patnaik
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 7671 of 2011
**Judgment:** 2015-12-04 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2008-09-22 (2008)
**Place:** Dhanbad, Jharkhand; city town: Dhanbad; police station or unit: Jharkhand Police, Dhanbad (PMCH prisoner-ward guard); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Jharkhand Police, Dhanbad (PMCH prisoner-ward guard) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Dhanbad resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court (Pramath Patnaik J.) dismissed a Dhanbad constable writ against his dismissal dated 6 March 2010. The court found proved gross negligence on prisoner-ward guard duty at PMCH, where an undertrial suffered burn injuries on 22 September 2008 and an inspection later found no uniformed guard at the ward. It held three concurrent evidence-based findings cannot be reappraised under Article 226 given the serious misconduct. The dismissal, affirmed in appeal and revision, therefore stands.

> As per the statement of the accused, there was candles and matches in the prisoner ward, the fire incident took place due to absence of the petitioner and others on the spot the fire engulfed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158631019/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** 7(i)
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2015-12-04', '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': 'W.P.(S) No. 7671 of 2011', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158631019/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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 negligence on undertrial guard duty upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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