# Jharkhand Armed Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 July 2017 in W.P.(S) No. 4430 of 2008, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: S. N. Pathak, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police-5, Deoghar.

- Register number: JH 15 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 4430 of 2008
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: S. N. Pathak, J.), 14 July 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police-5, Deoghar
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Resultantly, the impugned order warrants no interference and the writ petition fails and stands dismissed.” (at para 13)
- 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/94307681/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0027)

**Record:** CW-2017-0027 (compiler id CWC-1041); case GAP3-105-042
**Title:** Jharkhand Armed Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: S. N. Pathak
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 4430 of 2008
**Judgment:** 2017-07-14 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2004-04-23 (2004)
**Place:** Deoghar, Jharkhand; city town: Deoghar; police station or unit: Jharkhand Armed Police-5, Deoghar (Chanho Block Camp, Company A); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police-5, Deoghar (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court Single Judge dismissed the writ petition of JAP-5 constable challenging his dismissal dated 30 May 2008 for overstaying ten days leave from 12 to 22 April 2004 by about two years. The court found the enquiry officer rightly held the absence wilful and deliberate, since the mental-illness certificates were belatedly produced and no tuberculosis certificate or leave intimation ever reached the authorities. The court held Article 226 review permits interference only where punishment is shockingly disproportionate, which was not shown, distinguishing precedents on shorter absences. The dismissal therefore stands. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Resultantly, the impugned order warrants no interference and the writ petition fails and stands dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/94307681/)
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Jharkhand Armed Police Constable vs The State of Jharkhand 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2017-07-14', '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': 'W.P.(S) No. 4430 of 2008', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/94307681/', '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:** Single Judge dismissed writ; dismissal for two-year wilful absence upheld under limited Article 226 review.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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