# Gujarat Police Police Constable vs State of Gujarat & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 June 2016 in Special Civil Application No. 25765 of 2007 with Civil Application No. 4140 of 2016, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: J. B. Pardiwala, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police Constable, Banaskantha, Gujarat Police.

- Register number: GJ 08 CW 0001
- Case reference: Special Civil Application No. 25765 of 2007 with Civil Application No. 4140 of 2016
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: J. B. Pardiwala, J.), 7 June 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Banaskantha, Gujarat Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 224 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 332 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “A Police Constable cannot take law in his own hands and indulge in any act which would tarnish the image of the department.” (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://indiankanoon.org/doc/3623497/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0029)

**Record:** CW-2016-0029 (compiler id CWC-0801); case GAP2-23-003
**Title:** Gujarat Police Police Constable vs State of Gujarat & Ors.
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: J. B. Pardiwala
**Case number / citation:** Special Civil Application No. 25765 of 2007 with Civil Application No. 4140 of 2016
**Judgment:** 2016-06-07 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1994-09-08 (1994)
**Place:** Banaskantha, Gujarat; city town: Vav; police station or unit: Vav Treasury / Vav Police Station, Banaskantha; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 224; IPC 332; IPC 353; IPC 504
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Banaskantha, Gujarat Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Vav man; Vav man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Gujarat High Court (J.B. Pardiwala J., 7 June 2016) rejected the Article 226 writ of former Police Constable, confirming his removal from service. The court recorded that on 8 September 1994 he assaulted on-duty unarmed constable at the Vav Treasury, consumed liquor and misbehaved with the Treasury Officer, and escaped from custody. The court held that his acquittals in the related criminal cases, decided on proof beyond reasonable doubt, did not undo the departmental finding of serious misconduct proved on preponderance of probability. It declined to re-appreciate the domestic-inquiry evidence and found no interference warranted with the removal order as affirmed in appeal and revision.

> A Police Constable cannot take law in his own hands and indulge in any act which would tarnish the image of the department.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/3623497/)
**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:** Gujarat Police Police Constable vs State of Gujarat & Ors.
**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': '2016-06-07', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gujarat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gujarat High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'Special Civil Application No. 25765 of 2007 with Civil Application No. 4140 of 2016', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/3623497/', '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:** Writ rejected; removal of constable for 1994 assault, intoxication and escape from custody upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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