# BSF Non-Commissioned Officer vs The Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 30 August 2016 in Letters Patent Appeal No. 2115 of 2015, the Patna High Court (Coram: Hemant Gupta, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Non-Commissioned Officer, 57th Battalion, BSF.

- Register number: WB 61 CW 0001
- Case reference: Letters Patent Appeal No. 2115 of 2015
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Hemant Gupta, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, JJ.), 30 August 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Non-Commissioned Officer, 57th Battalion, BSF
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “even on re-appreciation of evidence, we find no illegality in the order of punishment against the appellant.” (at para n/a)
- 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/63374546/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0032)

**Record:** CW-2016-0032 (compiler id CWC-1018); case GAP3-105-019
**Title:** BSF Non-Commissioned Officer vs The Union of India and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Hemant Gupta; Ahsanuddin Amanullah
**Case number / citation:** Letters Patent Appeal No. 2115 of 2015
**Judgment:** 2016-08-30 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-06-01 (2007)
**Place:** Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal; city town: Patiram; police station or unit: 57th Battalion, BSF, Patiram (Kote/armoury); force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Non-Commissioned Officer, 57th Battalion, BSF (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

\[name withheld\], a BSF non-commissioned officer in charge of the Kote (armoury) of 57 Battalion at Patiram, was dismissed in July 2007 after an enquiry found Rs.53,440 concealed in an old register inside the Kote under his control. The court found he had been given a fair hearing with a defence assistant and that concealment of private money in the armoury was unauthorized. The court held that even on re-appreciation of the evidence no illegality tainted the punishment. The appeal was dismissed and the dismissal stands.

> even on re-appreciation of evidence, we find no illegality in the order of punishment against the appellant.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/63374546/)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** BSF Non-Commissioned Officer 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': '2016-08-30', '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. 2115 of 2015', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/63374546/', '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 BSF NCO for concealing cash in the armoury stands.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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