# CRPF Constable and others vs The Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 September 2016 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 378 of 2011, the Patna High Court (Coram: Jyoti Saran, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, 133 Battalion, CRPF.

- Register number: JH 01 CW 0009
- Case reference: Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 378 of 2011
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Jyoti Saran, J.), 14 September 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, 133 Battalion, CRPF
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “the order of punishment is not capable for being interfered with either on merits or on quantum.” (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/190822956/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0033)

**Record:** CW-2016-0033 (compiler id CWC-1014); case GAP3-105-015
**Title:** CRPF Constable and others vs The Union of India and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Jyoti Saran
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 378 of 2011
**Judgment:** 2016-09-14 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2009-02-18 (2009)
**Place:** Ranchi, Jharkhand; city town: Dhurwa; police station or unit: 133 Battalion, CRPF, Dhurwa, Ranchi; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, 133 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. \[name withheld\] \[name withheld\], a CRPF constable of 133 Battalion at Dhurwa, Ranchi, challenged his May 2010 dismissal for overstaying leave sanctioned from January to February 2009. The court found he had remained absent for hundreds of days without justifiable reason, rejecting his medical and bias pleas. The court held that overstay by members of a disciplined force is indiscipline to be dealt with sternly and that the punishment suffered no infirmity on merits or quantum. The writ petition was dismissed, and the dismissal, already affirmed in appeal and revision, stands.

> the order of punishment is not capable for being interfered with either on merits or on quantum.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/190822956/)
**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:** CRPF Constable and others 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': '2016-09-14', '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': 'Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 378 of 2011', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/190822956/', '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 dismissed the writ; dismissal of CRPF constable for prolonged overstay of leave upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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