8 Dec 2017
Order issued
ConcludedThe Jharkhand High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: 2018 (2) AJR 187
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CW-2017-0039West Singhbhum, JharkhandJudgment 8 December 2017
Jharkhand Police Constable v. State of Jharkhand and Others
Constable, Reserve Guard at Bara Jamda Out Post, West Singhbhum, was dismissed on 24.09.2007 after a departmental enquiry found he was watching TV instead of reporting for his 2-4 pm duty when MCC militants attacked the post on 31.03.2004 and looted nine rifles, a revolver and cartridges. His departmental appeal was rejected on 13.06.2009. The Jharkhand High Court held the Superintendent of Police was competent to dismiss him on proved charges of indiscipline, dereliction and negligence, that the findings were not based on no evidence, and that the punishment was not shocking. The Court found no apparent illegality in the enquiry procedure and dismissed the writ application, so the dismissal stands. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 8 December 2017 in W.P.(S) No. 3946 of 2009, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Jharkhand Police, Bara Jamda Out Post (Reserve Guard), West Singhbhum.
- Register number
- JH 06 CW 0003
- Case reference
- W.P.(S) No. 3946 of 2009 / 2018 (2) AJR 187
- Court and date
- Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.), 8 December 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable, Jharkhand Police, Bara Jamda Out Post (Reserve Guard), West Singhbhum
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Certainly a police personnel who meekly surrenders fire arms of police to miscreants armed with simple weapons like knife, lathi(danda) and chain without any resistance is a liability to any police force and such a person is a burden which …” (at para 11)
- 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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“Certainly a police personnel who meekly surrenders fire arms of police to miscreants armed with simple weapons like knife, lathi(danda) and chain without any resistance is a liability to any police force and such a person is a burden which …” (para 11)
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19 Sep 2026
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