# Union of India vs Patna Police Constable

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## Report card

By judgment dated 27 April 2016 in L.P.A. No. 267 of 2013, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: D. N. Patel, Ananda Sen, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Central Industrial Security Force.

- Register number: BR 01 CW 0007
- Case reference: L.P.A. No. 267 of 2013 / (2016) 4 AIR Jhar R 696; (2017) 1 JLJR 337
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: D. N. Patel, Ananda Sen, JJ.), 27 April 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Central Industrial Security Force
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 8 of the CISF Act, 1968
- Finding of the Court (extract): “As a cumulative effect of the aforesaid facts, reasons and judicial pronouncements, the judgment and order delivered by the learned Single Judge in W.P. (S) No. 864 of 2002 dated 8th March, 2013 is, hereby, quashed and set aside and …” (at para 8)
- 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/484032/union-of-india-appellant-hash-harendra-singh-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0025)

**Record:** CW-2016-0025 (compiler id CWC-1007); case GAP3-105-008
**Title:** Union of India vs Patna Police Constable
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: D. N. Patel; Ananda Sen
**Case number / citation:** L.P.A. No. 267 of 2013 / (2016) 4 AIR Jhar R 696; (2017) 1 JLJR 337
**Judgment:** 2016-04-27 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1999-10-07 (1999)
**Place:** Patna, Bihar; city town: Patna; police station or unit: CISF Company 613 (Shatabdi Bhawan Strong Room election duty, Patna); force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** CISF Act 1968 s.8
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Central Industrial Security Force (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court Division Bench allowed the Union of India appeal and restored the dismissal of CISF Constable, setting aside the Single Bench order of 8 March 2013. The court held that his admitted abandonment of the Shatabdi Bhawan strong-room post during the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, leaving a 7.62mm rifle and 50 rounds unguarded, amounted to dereliction, negligence, indiscipline and wilful disobedience. It disbelieved the illness defence and held dismissal was not disproportionate for a member of a disciplined force. The dismissal of 25 September 2000, already affirmed in appeal and revision, therefore stands.

> As a cumulative effect of the aforesaid facts, reasons and judicial pronouncements, the judgment and order delivered by the learned Single Judge in W.P. (S) No. 864 of 2002 dated 8th March, 2013 is, hereby, quashed and set aside and we, hereby, uphold the order passed by the disciplinary authority dated 25th September, 2000 (Annexure-3) as well as the order passed by the appellate authority dated 08th January, 2001 (Annexure-4) and the order passed by the revisional authority dated 25th July, 2001(Annexure- 5).

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/484032/union-of-india-appellant-hash-harendra-singh-respondent/); (2016) 4 AIR Jhar R 696; (2017) 1 JLJR 337
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Union of India vs Patna Police Constable
**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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2016-04-27', '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) 4 AIR Jhar R 696; (2017) 1 JLJR 337', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/484032/union-of-india-appellant-hash-harendra-singh-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2016) 4 AIR Jhar R 696', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2017) 1 JLJR 337', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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:** Union appeal allowed; Single Bench order set aside and CISF dismissal restored.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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