# Union of India and Others vs CRPF Constable

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 November 2017 in L.P.A. No. 1502 of 2013, the Patna High Court (Coram: Rajendra Menon, Anil Kumar Upadhyay, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, 4th Battalion, CRPF.

- Register number: BR 00 CW 0004
- Case reference: L.P.A. No. 1502 of 2013 / (2018) 2 PLJR 790
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Rajendra Menon, Anil Kumar Upadhyay, JJ.), 23 November 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, 4th Battalion, CRPF
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 11 of the CRPF Act, 1949; Rule 15 of the CRPF Rules, 1955
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of the aforesaid enunciation of law by the learned Division Benches of this Court, we find that once the employee is found to have committed a misconduct which falls under Rule 15 of the Rules of 1955 the …” (at para n/a (unnumbered LPA judgment dated 23.11.2017))
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1032014/union-of-india-and-ors-appellant-hash-sanjay-kumar-ojha-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0037)

**Record:** CW-2017-0037 (compiler id CWC-1001); case GAP3-105-002
**Title:** Union of India and Others vs CRPF Constable
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Rajendra Menon; Anil Kumar Upadhyay
**Case number / citation:** L.P.A. No. 1502 of 2013 / (2018) 2 PLJR 790
**Judgment:** 2017-11-23 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Bihar; police station or unit: 4th Battalion, CRPF; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** CRPF Act 1949 s.11; CRPF Rules 1955 r.15
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, 4th Battalion, CRPF (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Delete 'already affirmed in appeal, revision and memorial'; judgment records only writ (CWJC 3390/2009) and LPA 1502/2013.

> In view of the aforesaid enunciation of law by the learned Division Benches of this Court, we find that once the employee is found to have committed a misconduct which falls under Rule 15 of the Rules of 1955 the action taken for dismissal cannot be interfered with by this Court.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1032014/union-of-india-and-ors-appellant-hash-sanjay-kumar-ojha-respondent/)
**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 (unnumbered LPA judgment dated 23.11.2017)
**display title redacted:** Union of India and Others vs CRPF Constable
**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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2017-11-23', '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': '(2018) 2 PLJR 790', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1032014/union-of-india-and-ors-appellant-hash-sanjay-kumar-ojha-respondent/', '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:** DB restored dismissal of CRPF constable for plural-marriage misconduct.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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