# CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 September 2017 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 9039 of 2014 (with I.A. No. 6023 of 2017), the Patna High Court (Coram: Prabhat Kumar Jha, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, 205 COBRA Battalion, CRPF.

- Register number: BR 02 CW 0006
- Case reference: Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 9039 of 2014 (with I.A. No. 6023 of 2017)
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Prabhat Kumar Jha, J.), 4 September 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, 205 COBRA Battalion, CRPF
- 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): “The petitioner has committed gross misconduct for remaining absent from duty for 194 days without any sanctioned leave and without any justified reason. Over stayal or remaining absent unauthorizedly by a member of disciplined force requires to be dealt with …” (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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27796296/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0030)

**Record:** CW-2017-0030 (compiler id CWC-1020); case GAP3-105-021
**Title:** CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Prabhat Kumar Jha
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 9039 of 2014 (with I.A. No. 6023 of 2017)
**Judgment:** 2017-09-04 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2010-03-13 (2010)
**Place:** Gaya, Bihar; city town: Barachatti; police station or unit: 205 COBRA Battalion, CRPF, Barachatti; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, 205 COBRA Battalion, CRPF (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

\[name withheld\], a constable in the 205 COBRA Battalion of the CRPF at Barachatti, Gaya, was dismissed on 18.01.2012 after a departmental proceeding found he had remained unauthorizedly absent from 13.03.2010 to 22.09.2010 (194 days) and had fled from PMCH Patna while under treatment. His appeal before the DIG (09.10.2012) and revision before the IG (04.09.2013) were rejected. He challenged the dismissal and appellate orders before the Patna High Court under Article 226. The Court found the absence was knowing and without sanctioned leave or justified reason, held that overstay by members of a disciplined force must be dealt with sternly, and found the punishment not disproportionate. The writ petition was dismissed and the dismissal from service stands. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The petitioner has committed gross misconduct for remaining absent from duty for 194 days without any sanctioned leave and without any justified reason. Over stayal or remaining absent unauthorizedly by a member of disciplined force requires to be dealt with sternly.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27796296/)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** CRPF Constable vs The Union of India 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': '2017-09-04', '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. 9039 of 2014 (with I.A. No. 6023 of 2017)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27796296/', '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 CRPF constable's dismissal for 194-day unauthorized absence.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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