# Dhanbad Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 May 2016 in L.P.A. No. 2 of 2016, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Virender Singh, Shree Chandrashekhar, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Dhanbad Police.

- Register number: JH 10 CW 0011
- Case reference: L.P.A. No. 2 of 2016 / (2016) 3 AIR Jhar R 861; (2016) 3 JCR 717
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Virender Singh, Shree Chandrashekhar, JJ.), 17 May 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Dhanbad Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Having considered all aspects of the matter, we are of the considered opinion that the instant Letters Patent Appeal lacks merit and accordingly, it warrants dismissal. Ordered accordingly.” (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/177078118/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0028)

**Record:** CW-2016-0028 (compiler id CWC-1006); case GAP3-105-007
**Title:** Dhanbad Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Virender Singh; Shree Chandrashekhar
**Case number / citation:** L.P.A. No. 2 of 2016 / (2016) 3 AIR Jhar R 861; (2016) 3 JCR 717
**Judgment:** 2016-05-17 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2008-07-28 (2008)
**Place:** Dhanbad, Jharkhand; city town: Dhanbad; police station or unit: Dhanbad Police (Hariharpur Police Station); force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** extortion
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 384
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Dhanbad Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Dhanbad resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court Division Bench dismissed the appeal of Constable against his dismissal for snatching Rs. 17,000 from passenger a Dhanbad resident at Dhanbad Railway Station on 28 July 2008 and for unauthorised absence. The court held the ex parte enquiry was fair, with registered notice sent, local police alerted, the written defence considered and two witnesses examined, and that non-examination of the victim did not make it a no-evidence case. It found dismissal was not a disproportionate penalty. The dismissal, already affirmed in appeal, memorial and writ, therefore stands.

> Having considered all aspects of the matter, we are of the considered opinion that the instant Letters Patent Appeal lacks merit and accordingly, it warrants dismissal. Ordered accordingly.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/177078118/); (2016) 3 AIR Jhar R 861; (2016) 3 JCR 717
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** extortion
**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:** Dhanbad 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': '2016-05-17', '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) 3 AIR Jhar R 861; (2016) 3 JCR 717', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/177078118/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2016) 3 AIR Jhar R 861', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2016) 3 JCR 717', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** extortion
**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 extortion from railway passenger dismissed; dismissal stands.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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