# Bihar Military Police Constable vs State of Bihar

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 April 2016 in L.P.A. No. 99 of 2014, the Patna High Court (Coram: Hemant Gupta, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Bihar Military Police-X, Jamalpur.

- Register number: BR 08 CW 0001
- Case reference: L.P.A. No. 99 of 2014 / (2016) 2 BBCJ 465; (2016) 3 PLJR 108
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Hemant Gupta, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, JJ.), 6 April 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Bihar Military Police-X, Jamalpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “There is no procedural irregularity in the conduct of the proceedings. Since there is no procedural irregularity or illegality, we do not find any error in the order of the disciplinary authority which may warrant any interference in the present …” (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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/777490/diwan-firoj-khan-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0022)

**Record:** CW-2016-0022 (compiler id CWC-1005); case GAP3-105-006
**Title:** Bihar Military Police Constable vs State of Bihar
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Hemant Gupta; Ahsanuddin Amanullah
**Case number / citation:** L.P.A. No. 99 of 2014 / (2016) 2 BBCJ 465; (2016) 3 PLJR 108
**Judgment:** 2016-04-06 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Munger, Bihar; city town: Jamalpur; police station or unit: Bihar Military Police-X, Jamalpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Bihar Military Police-X, Jamalpur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Patna High Court Division Bench dismissed the letters patent appeal of BMP Constable against his dismissal dated 22 November 2006 for 340 days of unauthorised absence. The court held that adequate opportunity had been afforded at every stage, with notices served through his father, post and special messenger, and that he had evaded participation and refused cross-examination. It found no procedural irregularity in the enquiry and declined to interfere with the penalty. The dismissal, already affirmed in departmental appeal and writ, therefore stands.

> There is no procedural irregularity in the conduct of the proceedings. Since there is no procedural irregularity or illegality, we do not find any error in the order of the disciplinary authority which may warrant any interference in the present appeal.

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/777490/diwan-firoj-khan-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-respondent/); (2016) 2 BBCJ 465; (2016) 3 PLJR 108
**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:** Bihar Military Police Constable vs State of Bihar
**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': '2016-04-06', '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': '(2016) 2 BBCJ 465; (2016) 3 PLJR 108', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/777490/diwan-firoj-khan-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2016) 2 BBCJ 465', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2016) 3 PLJR 108', '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:** LPA against dismissal for 340 days unauthorised absence dismissed; dismissal stands.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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