CW-2017-0023Bhojpur, BiharJudgment 28 April 2017

CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others

The judgment of the Patna High Court records the following account. [name withheld] was appointed as a CRPF constable in 147 Battalion at Kashipur, Silchar on his declaration of Scheduled Tribe status. Verification by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Jagdishpur found the caste certificate forged and fake and the appellant outside the ST category, and the Commandant dismissed him on 25.10.2007. A Single Bench dismissed his writ (CWJC 11660/2008) on 07.05.2014 after traversing the enquiry. On appeal, the Division Bench held services obtained by foul method cannot be protected by any court and the direct beneficiary cannot be rewarded for his own wrong. The appeal was dismissed and the dismissal from service stands.

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By judgment dated 28 April 2017 in Letters Patent Appeal No. 1345 of 2014 (arising out of C.W.J.C. No. 11660 of 2008), the Patna High Court (Coram: Ajay Kumar Tripathi, Nilu Agrawal, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, 147 Battalion, CRPF (Kashipur, Silchar).

Register number
BR 03 CW 0002
Case reference
Letters Patent Appeal No. 1345 of 2014 (arising out of C.W.J.C. No. 11660 of 2008)
Court and date
Patna High Court (Coram: Ajay Kumar Tripathi, Nilu Agrawal, JJ.), 28 April 2017
Officer(s) at the material time
Constable, 147 Battalion, CRPF (Kashipur, Silchar)
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)
“After due examination of the order impugned and the materials, we come to the finding that the learned single Judge has committed no error in dismissing the writ application because the appellant cannot be rewarded for a wrong committed by …” (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.

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The Patna High Court judgment dated 28 April 2017 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

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What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“After due examination of the order impugned and the materials, we come to the finding that the learned single Judge has committed no error in dismissing the writ application because the appellant cannot be rewarded for a wrong committed by …” (para n/a)

Institutional response

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28 Apr 2017

Order issued

Concluded
Patna High Court External · Binding

The Patna High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.

Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: Letters Patent Appeal No. 1345 of 2014 (arising out of C.W.J.C. No. 11660 of 2008)
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

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