# Bihar Military Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 January 2017 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 15626 of 2008, the Patna High Court (Coram: Prabhat Kumar Jha, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Bihar Military Police-18, Bodh Gaya.

- Register number: BR 02 CW 0005
- Case reference: Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 15626 of 2008
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Prabhat Kumar Jha, J.), 28 January 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Bihar Military Police-18, Bodh Gaya
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Therefore, I find that the order of punishment inflicted on the husband of the petitioner does not require any interference and accordingly the writ petition is dismissed.” (at para 6)
- 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/76016717/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0015)

**Record:** CW-2017-0015 (compiler id CWC-1024); case GAP3-105-025
**Title:** Bihar Military Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Prabhat Kumar Jha
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 15626 of 2008
**Judgment:** 2017-01-28 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-05-07 (2000)
**Place:** Gaya, Bihar; city town: Bodh Gaya; police station or unit: Bihar Military Police-18, Bodh Gaya; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Bihar Military Police-18, Bodh Gaya (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 constable in Bihar Military Police-18 at Bodh Gaya, took four days leave from 07.05.2000, ignored recall notices dated 24.06.2000 and 12.09.2000, and rejoined only on 16.04.2001 with a sciatica certificate. The Commandant dismissed him on 04.01.2002 after enquiry; his appeal (DIG, 04.03.2003) and memorial (DG, 05.08.2004) were rejected. After his death, his widow \[name withheld\] challenged the dismissal under Article 226. The Court examined the service record, finding fifteen willful absences totalling 931 days overstay and six desertions in 14 years, and held the habitual-absence punishment required no interference. The writ petition was dismissed and the dismissal from service stands. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Therefore, I find that the order of punishment inflicted on the husband of the petitioner does not require any interference and accordingly the writ petition is dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/76016717/)
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** Bihar Military Police Constable vs The State of Bihar 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': '2017-01-28', '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. 15626 of 2008', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/76016717/', '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:** Primary source read; HC dismissed widow's writ, sustaining BMP constable's dismissal for habitual absence.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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