# Bihar Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs The State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 May 2017 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 12262 of 2010, the Patna High Court (Coram: Rakesh Kumar, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Assistant Sub-Inspector, Bihar Police (Daudnagar Police Station, Aurangabad).

- Register number: BR 26 CW 0002
- Case reference: Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 12262 of 2010
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Rakesh Kumar, J.), 16 May 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Bihar Police (Daudnagar Police Station, Aurangabad)
- 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): “Considering the judgment of the Hon'ble Apex Court in Ashok Kumar Singh Case (Supra), the Court is of the opinion that since the petitioner remained absconding for about 630 days, the disciplinary authority has rightly passed order of dismissal of …” (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/152515629/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0024)

**Record:** CW-2017-0024 (compiler id CWC-1025); case GAP3-105-026
**Title:** Bihar Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs The State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Rakesh Kumar
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 12262 of 2010
**Judgment:** 2017-05-16 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1994-01-24 (1994)
**Place:** Aurangabad, Bihar; city town: Daudnagar; police station or unit: Daudnagar Police Station, Aurangabad; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Bihar Police (Daudnagar Police Station, Aurangabad) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

\[name withheld\], an Assistant Sub-Inspector posted at Daudnagar Police Station, Aurangabad, left for court work to Aurangabad on 24.01.1994 and absconded for about 630 days, reappearing only on 16.10.1995 at Police Centre Aurangabad. The DIG Magadh Range dismissed him on 14.02.2002 after a departmental proceeding in which he did not participate despite personal service of the charge memo; his memorial to the DGP was rejected on 26.08.2008. He challenged the dismissal under Article 226 alleging natural-justice violations. The Court examined the entire departmental record, found two witnesses had proved the charge with full opportunity given, and held 630-day absconsion rightly draws dismissal lest Force discipline suffer. The writ petition was dismissed and the dismissal from service stands. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Considering the judgment of the Hon'ble Apex Court in Ashok Kumar Singh Case (Supra), the Court is of the opinion that since the petitioner remained absconding for about 630 days, the disciplinary authority has rightly passed order of dismissal of the petitioner. In such case there was no reason to take any lenient view, otherwise it would have hampered the discipline of the Armed Forces.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/152515629/)
**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 Police Assistant Sub-Inspector 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': '2017-05-16', '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. 12262 of 2010', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/152515629/', '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 writ, upholding ASI's dismissal for 630-day absconsion.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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