# Govindpur Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 February 2016 in L.P.A. No. 77 of 2015, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Virender Singh, Shree Chandrashekhar, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Baliapur Police Station, Dhanbad.

- Register number: JH 10 CW 0010
- Case reference: L.P.A. No. 77 of 2015 / 2016 LAB. I. C. (NOC) 382 (JHAR.); (2016) 2 JLJR 365; (2016) 2 JCR 504
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Virender Singh, Shree Chandrashekhar, JJ.), 16 February 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Baliapur Police Station, Dhanbad
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 491 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The criminal case registered against the appellant ended in acquittal of the appellant on the basis of the compromise between the informant and the appellant. The order of acquittal dated 17.11.2011 in criminal case bearing G.R. No. 2876/2010 (T.R. No. …” (at para 7)
- 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/106999058/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0016)

**Record:** CW-2016-0016 (compiler id CWC-1003); case GAP3-105-004
**Title:** Govindpur Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Virender Singh; Shree Chandrashekhar
**Case number / citation:** L.P.A. No. 77 of 2015 / 2016 LAB. I. C. (NOC) 382 (JHAR.); (2016) 2 JLJR 365; (2016) 2 JCR 504
**Judgment:** 2016-02-16 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2010-08-20 (2010)
**Place:** Dhanbad, Jharkhand; city town: Govindpur; police station or unit: Baliapur Police Station, Dhanbad; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** extortion
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 420; IPC 491
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Baliapur Police Station, Dhanbad (1 in record)
**Victims:** Govindpur resident; Govindpur resident (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court Division Bench (Virender Singh CJ, Shree Chandrashekhar J.) on 16 February 2016 dismissed the LPA of Dhanbad Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that on 20-21 August 2010 he impersonated the Superintendent of Police bodyguard, demanded Rs. 12,000 from truck driver \[name withheld\] for releasing his truck and accepted Rs. 5,000, besides absconding from duty. The court held the jail-recorded enquiry was fair, the compromise-based criminal acquittal did not touch the departmental findings, and the appellate order showed proper application of mind. The dismissal, already affirmed in appeal, memorial and writ, was consequently sustained.

> The criminal case registered against the appellant ended in acquittal of the appellant on the basis of the compromise between the informant and the appellant. The order of acquittal dated 17.11.2011 in criminal case bearing G.R. No. 2876/2010 (T.R. No. 1692/2011) is not on merits of the case. Even otherwise also, acquittal in the criminal case would not affect the merits of the findings recorded during the departmental enquiry which are based on the evidence led during the enquiry.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/106999058/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** extortion
**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
**display title redacted:** Govindpur Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand
**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': '2016-02-16', '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': '2016 LAB. I. C. (NOC) 382 (JHAR.); (2016) 2 JLJR 365; (2016) 2 JCR 504', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/106999058/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** extortion
**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:** DB upheld dismissal of constable for extorting truck driver by impersonation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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