# Munger District Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 13 December 2017 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 10321 of 2014, the Patna High Court (Coram: Madhuresh Prasad, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Munger District Police, Bihar Police.

- Register number: BR 01 CW 0011
- Case reference: Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 10321 of 2014
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Madhuresh Prasad, J.), 13 December 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Munger District Police, Bihar Police
- 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): “Such gross dereliction of duty and the act of indiscipline cannot be countenanced by member of the police service where duty is to protect the public safety with discipline.” (at para 10)
- 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/9416790/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0040)

**Record:** CW-2017-0040 (compiler id CWC-1022); case GAP3-105-023
**Title:** Munger District Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Madhuresh Prasad
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 10321 of 2014
**Judgment:** 2017-12-13 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-06-06 (2011)
**Place:** Patna, Bihar; city town: Patna; police station or unit: Munger District Police (escort party, Munger Jail to PMCH Patna); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Munger District Police, Bihar Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Patna High Court records the following account. \[name withheld\], a Munger District Police constable, was detailed on escort command 547412 dated 06.06.2011 to escort undertrial Amit Mandal from Munger Jail to PMCH Patna with four constables and a Hawaldar. He reported 35 hours late, lodged the prisoner with his mother and wife in Janta Hotel rooms on Govind Mitra Road, Patna from 08 to 16.06.2011 instead of the prisoner ward, and the prisoner absconded on 16.06.2011 with the loss reported a day late. After an earlier dismissal was remanded by the DGP for service of the enquiry report, the SP Munger dismissed him again on 12.01.2013; his appeal (DIG, 30.06.2013) and memorial (DGP, 12.12.2013) were rejected. The Court found the charges stood admitted, identical punishment had been imposed on the five other escort-party members, and the procedure complied with natural justice and fair play. The writ petition was dismissed and the dismissal from service stands. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Such gross dereliction of duty and the act of indiscipline cannot be countenanced by member of the police service where duty is to protect the public safety with discipline.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/9416790/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** 10
**display title redacted:** Munger District Police Constable 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': '2017-12-13', '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. 10321 of 2014', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/9416790/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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 dismissal for escort dereliction letting undertrial abscond.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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