# State of West Bengal & Ors. v. State Armed Police Constable

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## Report card

By judgment dated 3 August 2016 in WPST No. 20 of 2016, the Calcutta High Court (Coram: Nishita Mhatre, Rakesh Tiwari, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, State Armed Police, West Bengal.

- Register number: WB 59 CW 0002
- Case reference: WPST No. 20 of 2016 / 2016 SCC OnLine Cal 4259
- Court and date: Calcutta High Court (Coram: Nishita Mhatre, Rakesh Tiwari, JJ.), 3 August 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, State Armed Police, West Bengal
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 419 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “However, there is no provision under the Police Regulations to reinstate an employee who has been acquitted of a criminal charge. We do not, therefore, find that the Tribunal was correct, in allowing the original application.” (at para 23)
- 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/105609604/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0004)

**Record:** CW-2016-0004 (compiler id CWC-0653); case SWOTHERM-017
**Title:** State of West Bengal & Ors. v. State Armed Police Constable
**Court:** Calcutta High Court; judges: Nishita Mhatre; Rakesh Tiwari
**Case number / citation:** WPST No. 20 of 2016 / 2016 SCC OnLine Cal 4259
**Judgment:** 2016-08-03 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-10-09 (2007)
**Place:** Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal; city town: Raiganj; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 419; IPC 420; IPC 120-B
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, State Armed Police, West Bengal (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

State Armed Police constable, posted at Raiganj, was accused in Raiganj PS Case 383/2007 (Sections 419/420/120-B IPC) over impersonation to procure constable employment, and was dismissed in January 2012 after a departmental enquiry for tarnishing the police image. Though honourably acquitted in the criminal trial, the Division Bench followed State of WB v. \[name withheld\] and held there is no provision under the Police Regulations to reinstate an employee acquitted of a criminal charge. The State's petition was allowed and the Tribunal's reinstatement order quashed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> However, there is no provision under the Police Regulations to reinstate an employee who has been acquitted of a criminal charge. We do not, therefore, find that the Tribunal was correct, in allowing the original application.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/105609604/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/policeman-dismissed-service-not-entitled-reinstatement-acquittal-criminal-case-calcutta-hc-read-judgment)
**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:** 23
**display title redacted:** State of West Bengal & Ors. v. State Armed Police Constable
**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': '2016-08-03', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Calcutta High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Calcutta High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2016 SCC OnLine Cal 4259', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/105609604/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/policeman-dismissed-service-not-entitled-reinstatement-acquittal-criminal-case-calcutta-hc-read-judgment', '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 judgment text verified on Indian Kanoon; Tribunal reinstatement quashed, constable's dismissal sustained.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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