# CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 June 2016 in Letters Patent Appeal No. 906 of 2014, the Patna High Court (Coram: I. A. Ansari, Chakradhari Sharan Singh, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, F/116 Battalion, CRPF.

- Register number: AS 19 CW 0001
- Case reference: Letters Patent Appeal No. 906 of 2014
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: I. A. Ansari, Chakradhari Sharan Singh, JJ.), 23 June 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, F/116 Battalion, CRPF
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The punishment of dismissal from service cannot be said to be disproportionate to the charge framed against the appellant which came to be proved in a departmental enquiry.” (at para 17)
- 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/156786043/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0030)

**Record:** CW-2016-0030 (compiler id CWC-1017); case GAP3-105-018
**Title:** CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: I. A. Ansari; Chakradhari Sharan Singh
**Case number / citation:** Letters Patent Appeal No. 906 of 2014
**Judgment:** 2016-06-23 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-09-21 (2005)
**Place:** Bongaigaon, Assam; city town: Dhaligaon; police station or unit: F/116 Battalion, CRPF, Dhaligaon; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, F/116 Battalion, CRPF (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Patna High Court records the following account. \[name withheld\], a CRPF constable of F/116 Battalion at Dhaligaon, Assam, challenged his June 2006 dismissal for deserting camp twice for 14 and 84 days while undergoing a confinement punishment. The court found he had initially participated in the enquiry and then deliberately absented himself despite notices sent to his home address, so the ex parte conclusion of proceedings was proper. The court found no infirmity in the Single Bench order dismissing his writ petition. The appeal was dismissed and the dismissal stands.

> The punishment of dismissal from service cannot be said to be disproportionate to the charge framed against the appellant which came to be proved in a departmental enquiry.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/156786043/)
**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:** 17
**display title redacted:** CRPF Constable vs The Union of India 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': '2016-06-23', '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': 'Letters Patent Appeal No. 906 of 2014', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/156786043/', '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:** Patna HC Division Bench dismissed the LPA; dismissal of CRPF constable for desertion during confinement stands.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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