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

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## Report card

By judgment dated 27 January 2016 in L.P.A. No. 327 of 2014, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: D. N. Patel, Amitav K. Gupta, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Jharkhand Police, Seraikela-Kharsawan.

- Register number: JH 22 CW 0004
- Case reference: L.P.A. No. 327 of 2014
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: D. N. Patel, Amitav K. Gupta, JJ.), 27 January 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Jharkhand Police, Seraikela-Kharsawan
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 663(x) of the Jharkhand Police Manual; Section 7 of the Police Act, 1861; Section 12 of the Police Act, 1861
- Finding of the Court (extract): “we hereby, quash and set aside the judgment and order, passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.(S) No. 3364 of 2013 dated 18th January, 2014. This Letters Patent Appeal is allowed and disposed of.” (at para 6)
- 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/12736229/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0015)

**Record:** CW-2016-0015 (compiler id CWC-1038); case GAP3-105-039
**Title:** The State of Jharkhand and Others vs Jharkhand Police Constable and others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: D. N. Patel; Amitav K. Gupta
**Case number / citation:** L.P.A. No. 327 of 2014
**Judgment:** 2016-01-27 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2004-01-01 (2004)
**Place:** Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand (district at time: Saraikela Kharsawan); police station or unit: Superintendent of Police, Seraikela-Kharsawan; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Jharkhand Police Manual Rule 663(x); Police Act 1861 s.7; Police Act 1861 s.12
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Jharkhand Police, Seraikela-Kharsawan (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court Division Bench allowed the State appeal and restored the dismissal dated 14 October 2012 of constable, setting aside the Single Judge order of 18 January 2014 that had reinstated him. Decided the same day on the identical pattern as the companion appeals, the court found he had secured appointment under the trained Home Guard quota without completed training, a misrepresentation exposed on verification. The court held the enquiry and departmental appeal observed and the dismissal, affirmed by the DIG Kolhan Range on 14 April 2013, proportionate. The dismissal therefore stands. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> we hereby, quash and set aside the judgment and order, passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.(S) No. 3364 of 2013 dated 18th January, 2014. This Letters Patent Appeal is allowed and disposed of.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/12736229/)
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** The State of Jharkhand and Others vs Jharkhand Police Constable 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': '2016-01-27', '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': 'L.P.A. No. 327 of 2014', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/12736229/', '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:** Division Bench allowed State appeal and restored dismissal for Home Guard-quota appointment fraud; disciplinary action upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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