# Jharkhand Rail Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 September 2016 in W.P.(S) No. 107 of 2010, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Pramath Patnaik, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Tatanagar GRPS, Jharkhand Rail Police.

- Register number: JH 05 CW 0007
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 107 of 2010 / (2017) 1 AIR Jhar R 719; (2017) 1 JBCJ 357; (2016) 4 JLJR 620
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Pramath Patnaik, J.), 23 September 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Tatanagar GRPS, Jharkhand Rail Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “the impugned order dated 13.04.2000 at Annexure 5 and appellate order dated 12.10.2009 at Annexure 2 do not call for interference by this Court. Accordingly, the writ petition, sans merit is dismissed.” (at para 8)
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/483850/arvind-kumar-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0034)

**Record:** CW-2016-0034 (compiler id CWC-1004); case GAP3-105-005
**Title:** Jharkhand Rail Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Pramath Patnaik
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 107 of 2010 / (2017) 1 AIR Jhar R 719; (2017) 1 JBCJ 357; (2016) 4 JLJR 620
**Judgment:** 2016-09-23 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1997-03-20 (1997)
**Place:** East Singhbhum, Jharkhand; city town: Jamshedpur (Tatanagar); police station or unit: Tatanagar Government Railway Police Station; force: railway
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 307; IPC 379; Arms Act s.25; Arms Act s.27
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Tatanagar GRPS, Jharkhand Rail Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Jamshedpur resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court dismissed the writ petition of Constable challenging his dismissal for shooting dead the Officer-in-Charge of a Jamshedpur resident on 20 March 1997 after being refused leave. The court held that Departmental Proceeding No. 37/1998 had proved the charge, that Police Manual Rules 844/847 and natural justice were not breached, and that the proceeding was not held behind his back. It found neither the dismissal order of 13 April 2000 nor the appellate order of 12 October 2009 called for interference. The dismissal therefore stands; the criminal case (GRPS Case No. 32/97) proceeded separately. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> the impugned order dated 13.04.2000 at Annexure 5 and appellate order dated 12.10.2009 at Annexure 2 do not call for interference by this Court. Accordingly, the writ petition, sans merit is dismissed.

**Sources (4):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/483850/arvind-kumar-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-respondent/); (2017) 1 AIR Jhar R 719; (2017) 1 JBCJ 357; (2016) 4 JLJR 620
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Jharkhand Rail Police Constable vs State of Jharkhand
**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': '2016-09-23', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jharkhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jharkhand High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2017) 1 AIR Jhar R 719; (2017) 1 JBCJ 357; (2016) 4 JLJR 620', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/483850/arvind-kumar-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2017) 1 AIR Jhar R 719', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2017) 1 JBCJ 357', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2016) 4 JLJR 620', '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 against dismissal for murder of superior officer dismissed; dismissal stands.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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