# Railway Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 March 2016 in Letters Patent Appeal No. 1620 of 2012, the Patna High Court (Coram: Hemant Gupta, Navaniti Prasad Singh, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Railway Police, Katihar.

- Register number: BR 10 CW 0011
- Case reference: Letters Patent Appeal No. 1620 of 2012
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Hemant Gupta, Navaniti Prasad Singh, JJ.), 1 March 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Railway Police, Katihar
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 397 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of the above, we do not find any error in the order passed by the learned Single Bench of this Court which may warrant interference in the present Letters Patent Appeal.” (at para 15)
- 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/64059240/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0018)

**Record:** CW-2016-0018 (compiler id CWC-1019); case GAP3-105-020
**Title:** Railway Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Hemant Gupta; Navaniti Prasad Singh
**Case number / citation:** Letters Patent Appeal No. 1620 of 2012
**Judgment:** 2016-03-01 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-01-24 (2000)
**Place:** Bhagalpur, Bihar; city town: Kharik; police station or unit: Rail Police, Katihar (Kharik Railway Station post); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 395; IPC 397; IPC 120B; CrPC s.164
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Railway Police, Katihar (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

\[name withheld\], a Katihar Rail Police constable posted at Kharik station, was dismissed in May 2001 for complicity in the January 2000 armed attack on his own police post in which personnel were injured and arms looted. The court held the co-accused Section 164 statement was relevant departmental evidence, the Evidence Act does not strictly govern departmental enquiries, and no prejudice from procedural lapses had been proved. The court found no error in the Single Bench order upholding the punishment. The appeal was dismissed and the dismissal stands.

> In view of the above, we do not find any error in the order passed by the learned Single Bench of this Court which may warrant interference in the present Letters Patent Appeal.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/64059240/)
**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:** 15
**display title redacted:** Railway Police Constable vs The State of Bihar 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': '2016-03-01', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Patna High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Patna High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'Letters Patent Appeal No. 1620 of 2012', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/64059240/', '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:** Patna HC Division Bench dismissed the LPA; dismissal of Rail Police constable for complicity in armed dacoity stands.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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