# CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 26 April 2017 in C.W.J.C. No. 18705 of 2008, the Patna High Court (Coram: Prabhat Kumar Jha, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, B/11 Battalion, CRPF.

- Register number: TR 01 CW 0002
- Case reference: C.W.J.C. No. 18705 of 2008
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Prabhat Kumar Jha, J.), 26 April 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, B/11 Battalion, CRPF
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 11(1) of the CRPF Act, 1949; Rule 27(a) of the CRPF Rules, 1955
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Therefore, I find that on account of non-appointment of presenting officer, although there is no rule for appointing presenting officer, no prejudice was caused to the petitioner and the dismissal of the petitioner does not suffer from any illegality.” (at para 17)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- Present status of the proceedings: Patna High Court, 25 February 2023: conviction set aside.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158309745/); [Patna High Court order](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157215898/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0021)

**Record:** CW-2017-0021 (compiler id CWC-1002); case GAP3-105-003
**Title:** CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Prabhat Kumar Jha
**Case number / citation:** C.W.J.C. No. 18705 of 2008
**Judgment:** 2017-04-26 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1999-11-01 (1999)
**Place:** West Tripura, Tripura; city town: Agartala; police station or unit: B/11 Battalion, CRPF, Agartala; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** CRPF Act 1949 s.11(1); CRPF Rules 1955 r.27(a)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, B/11 Battalion, CRPF (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Patna High Court (Prabhat Kumar Jha J.) on 26 April 2017 dismissed the writ petition of CRPF Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that while posted at Agartala he reported intoxicated for medical examination on 1 November 1999, disobeyed orderly duty, absented from barracks without permission and abused Deputy Commandant M.K. Sinha. The court held dismissal under Section 11(1) of the CRPF Act read with Rule 27 was competent without a Sections 9/10 prosecution, following the Supreme Court in Ghulam Mohd. Bhat, and that the enquiry suffered no procedural illegality. Later proceedings: on 25 February 2023, the Patna High Court set aside the order recorded in this judgment (concerning \[name withheld\]); the outcome recorded here therefore does not stand. The dismissal, already affirmed in appeal, was consequently sustained.

> Therefore, I find that on account of non-appointment of presenting officer, although there is no rule for appointing presenting officer, no prejudice was caused to the petitioner and the dismissal of the petitioner does not suffer from any illegality.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158309745/)
**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:** 17
**display title redacted:** CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others
**final outcome url:** https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157215898/
**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': '2017-04-26', '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': 'C.W.J.C. No. 18705 of 2008', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2023-02-25', 'action_type': 'Order set aside', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Patna High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'Later proceedings: on 25 February 2023, the Patna High Court set aside the order recorded in this judgment (concerning \[name withheld\]); the outcome recorded here therefore does not stand.', 'disposition': 'Later proceeding · Conviction not standing', 'source': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157215898/', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**later proceedings:** {'court': 'Patna High Court', 'date': '2023-02-25', 'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157215898/', 'outcome': 'conviction_set_aside'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158309745/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** overturned
**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:** HC upheld dismissal of CRPF constable for intoxication and disobedience at Agartala.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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