# The Union of India and Others vs BSF Constable

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 August 2016 in Letters Patent Appeal No. 451 of 2014, the Patna High Court (Coram: Hemant Gupta, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, 113 Battalion, BSF.

- Register number: BR 32 CW 0002
- Case reference: Letters Patent Appeal No. 451 of 2014
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Hemant Gupta, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, JJ.), 11 August 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, 113 Battalion, BSF
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Therefore, we find that the order of the learned Single Bench cannot be sustained. The same is, thus, set aside. Consequently, the writ application is dismissed.” (at para 16)
- 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/30374558/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0031)

**Record:** CW-2016-0031 (compiler id CWC-1016); case GAP3-105-017
**Title:** The Union of India and Others vs BSF Constable
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Hemant Gupta; Ahsanuddin Amanullah
**Case number / citation:** Letters Patent Appeal No. 451 of 2014
**Judgment:** 2016-08-11 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-03-02 (2007)
**Place:** Madhubani, Bihar; city town: Phulparas; police station or unit: 113 Battalion, BSF; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, 113 Battalion, BSF (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

\[name withheld\], a BSF constable of 113 Battalion enrolled in 1990, was dismissed in May 2007 after pleading guilty before the Security Force Court to a 33-day overstay of leave. The court recorded that he was a habitual offender with 11 summary trials and 21 overstays in about 17 years including a 2006 conviction, and that due process with opportunities to defend had been afforded. The court held the Single Bench had erred in setting aside the dismissal. The Union appeal was allowed, the Single Bench order set aside, and the dismissal restored.

> Therefore, we find that the order of the learned Single Bench cannot be sustained. The same is, thus, set aside. Consequently, the writ application is dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/30374558/)
**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:** 16
**display title redacted:** The Union of India and Others vs BSF 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2016-08-11', '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. 451 of 2014', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/30374558/', '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 allowed the Union appeal and restored the BSF constable dismissal for habitual overstay.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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