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

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 February 2016 in W.P.(S) No. 4147 of 2015, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Pramath Patnaik, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police-3, Govindpur, Dhanbad.

- Register number: JH 03 CW 0005
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 4147 of 2015 / (2016) 2 JCR 482
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Pramath Patnaik, J.), 19 February 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police-3, Govindpur, Dhanbad
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of the matter, I find no reason to interfere with the impugned order and applying the aforesaid principles of the Hon'ble Apex Court rendered herein above, the impugned order of punishment of dismissal dated 24.01.2014 passed by the …” (at para 9)
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/483725/tufan-chandra-baski-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0017)

**Record:** CW-2016-0017 (compiler id CWC-1009); case GAP3-105-010
**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. 4147 of 2015 / (2016) 2 JCR 482
**Judgment:** 2016-02-19 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2013-07-02 (2013)
**Place:** Palamu, Jharkhand (district at time: Palamau); city town: Ramgarh; police station or unit: Jharkhand Armed Police-3, Govindpur, Dhanbad (posted Ramgarh PS, Palamu); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police-3, Govindpur, Dhanbad (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court disposed of as devoid of merit the writ petition of JAP-3 Constable against his dismissal for ten days of leave without information and failure to rejoin duty despite repeated directions. The court held the enquiry rested on overwhelming material with no procedural infirmity and that judicial review does not permit reappreciation of enquiry evidence. It found no ground to interfere with the dismissal order of 24 January 2014. The dismissal therefore stands. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In view of the matter, I find no reason to interfere with the impugned order and applying the aforesaid principles of the Hon'ble Apex Court rendered herein above, the impugned order of punishment of dismissal dated 24.01.2014 passed by the Commandant, Jharkhand Armed Police-3 does not warrant any interference by this Court.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/483725/tufan-chandra-baski-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-others-respondent/); (2016) 2 JCR 482
**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:** 9
**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': '2016-02-19', '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) 2 JCR 482', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/483725/tufan-chandra-baski-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2016) 2 JCR 482', '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 against dismissal for unauthorised absence disposed of as devoid of merit.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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