# Rajasthan Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 February 2018 in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 521/2009, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Pushpendra Singh Bhati, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Rajasthan Police, Deogarh, District Rajsamand.

- Register number: RJ 30 CW 0001
- Case reference: S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 521/2009
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Pushpendra Singh Bhati, J.), 1 February 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Rajasthan Police, Deogarh, District Rajsamand
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Rule 16 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The departmental enquiry, in this case, includes consideration of the evidence given by Jodh Singh, Hamer Singh, \[name withheld\], Shanker Singh etc. In the departmental enquiry, the authority has categorically found that Jodh Singh has given the evidence as an …” (at para 20)
- 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/181864053/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2018-0022)

**Record:** CW-2018-0022 (compiler id CWC-1089); case GAP3-124-001
**Title:** Rajasthan Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; judges: Pushpendra Singh Bhati
**Case number / citation:** S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 521/2009
**Judgment:** 2018-02-01 (2018, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-08-01 (2002)
**Place:** Rajsamand, Rajasthan; city town: Deogarh; police station or unit: Deogarh; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 120B; IPC 34; Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 Rule 16
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Rajasthan Police, Deogarh, District Rajsamand (1 in record)
**Victims:** Deogarh resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. Constable, posted at Deogarh, proceeded on leave on 13 August 2002 and was accused during unauthorised absence of joining associates in crushing a Deogarh resident under a jeep over a land dispute and passing it off as an accident. The court recorded a criminal trial under Sections 302/120B/34 IPC ending in acquittal on 8 October 2003, followed by a six-charge departmental inquiry ending in dismissal on 11 December 2003, affirmed on appeal in 2005 and review in 2008. The court held the inquiry strictly lawful, the murder charge proved on eye-witness \[name withheld\] with corroboration, and the benefit-of-doubt acquittal no bar given differing standards of proof, and dismissed the writ. The dismissal was later set aside by a Division Bench in April 2019 but restored by the Supreme Court in October 2020. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The departmental enquiry, in this case, includes consideration of the evidence given by Jodh Singh, Hamer Singh, \[name withheld\], Shanker Singh etc. In the departmental enquiry, the authority has categorically found that Jodh Singh has given the evidence as an eye witness and has supported the complete allegations.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/181864053/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/sc-upholds-dismissal-of-police-constable-acquitted-in-a-murder-case-165156)
**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:** 20
**display title redacted:** Rajasthan Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['sections'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2018-02-01', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 521/2009', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/181864053/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/sc-upholds-dismissal-of-police-constable-acquitted-in-a-murder-case-165156', '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:** SB judgment verified; dismissal for off-duty murder upheld (later DB reversal itself reversed by SC).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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