# Uttar Pradesh Woman v. State of U.P. and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 9 March 2016 in Special Appeal No. 200 of 2016, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Yashwant Varma, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, U.P. Police (bank security duty, Varanasi).

- Register number: UP 00 CW 0005
- Case reference: Special Appeal No. 200 of 2016
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Yashwant Varma, JJ.), 9 March 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, U.P. Police (bank security duty, Varanasi)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In our opinion, bearing in mind the medical report as well as the statement of witnesses who were examined in the course of the disciplinary proceedings, there existed on record sufficient material to establish the charge levelled against the appellant.” (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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/357327/smt-sumitra-devi-vs-state-of-up/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0019)

**Record:** CW-2016-0019 (compiler id CWC-0963); case GAP3-6-003
**Title:** Uttar Pradesh Woman v. State of U.P. and Others
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud; Yashwant Varma
**Case number / citation:** Special Appeal No. 200 of 2016
**Judgment:** 2016-03-09 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2009-07-23 (2009)
**Place:** Uttar Pradesh; police station or unit: U.P. Police (bank security duty); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, U.P. Police (bank security duty, Varanasi) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Allahabad High Court (Division Bench led by the Chief Justice, 9 March 2016) dismissed Special Appeal No. 200 of 2016 and sustained the termination dated 7 May 2010 of a U.P. Police constable found in a state of intoxication while on security duty near bank premises on 23 July 2009. The Court noted the constable was medically examined the same day, suspended the next day, and subjected to a regular departmental enquiry with opportunity to adduce evidence and cross-examine witnesses. The Court held the medical report and corroborating witness statements provided sufficient material to establish the charge, rejecting the plea that intoxication could only be proved by blood and urine examination. The appellate (21 August 2010), revisional (4 November 2010) and single-judge (2 February 2016) affirmations were left undisturbed, with no compensation ordered. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In our opinion, bearing in mind the medical report as well as the statement of witnesses who were examined in the course of the disciplinary proceedings, there existed on record sufficient material to establish the charge levelled against the appellant.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/357327/smt-sumitra-devi-vs-state-of-up/)
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Uttar Pradesh Woman v. State of U.P. 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['officers', 'sections'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2016-03-09', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'Special Appeal No. 200 of 2016', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/357327/smt-sumitra-devi-vs-state-of-up/', '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:** Special Appeal dismissed; constable's termination for on-duty intoxication sustained.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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