# Bihar Police Constable v. State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 January 2018 in CWJC No. 3524 of 2011, the Patna High Court (Coram: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Bihar Police, Buxar.

- Register number: BR 44 CW 0001
- Case reference: CWJC No. 3524 of 2011
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J.), 4 January 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Bihar Police, Buxar
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The facts would show that the petitioner not only remained absconding for about 128 days while he was sent for basic training, he repeated the same conduct by remaining absent unauthorizedly for 82 days when he was sent to perform …” (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/176523706/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2018-0021)

**Record:** CW-2018-0021 (compiler id CWC-1050); case GAP3-106-006
**Title:** Bihar Police Constable v. State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad
**Case number / citation:** CWJC No. 3524 of 2011
**Judgment:** 2018-01-04 (2018, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated (2006)
**Place:** Buxar, Bihar; city town: Buxar; police station or unit: Buxar district police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Bihar Police, Buxar (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Constable, appointed on compassionate ground in Buxar, was dismissed on 16.01.2007 (with effect from 12.01.2007) for repeated prolonged unauthorised absence, about 128 days during basic training and 82 days on Durga Puja duty in 2006; his appeal was rejected in 2009. He pleaded violation of natural justice and produced jaundice certificates only with the writ. The Court held natural justice is not a strait-jacket formula, police discipline and larger public interest outweighed the individual interest of an unconfirmed absconder, and no illegality or infirmity vitiated the impugned orders. The writ application was dismissed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The facts would show that the petitioner not only remained absconding for about 128 days while he was sent for basic training, he repeated the same conduct by remaining absent unauthorizedly for 82 days when he was sent to perform his duty during Durga Puja festival. During all this period he did not take trouble to inform his employer about his whereabouts and the reasons for his absconding from duty.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/176523706/)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Bihar Police Constable v. 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': '2018-01-04', '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': 'CWJC No. 3524 of 2011', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/176523706/', '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:** Judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; writ dismissed, dismissal for absence upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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