# Jharkhand Police Constable v. State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 September 2018 in W.P.(S) No. 1707 of 2018, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Aparesh Kumar Singh, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Jharkhand Police, Dumka.

- Register number: JH 04 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 1707 of 2018
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Aparesh Kumar Singh, J.), 17 September 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Jharkhand Police, Dumka
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The chronology of facts show that the petitioner was dismissed after a disciplinary proceeding on the charges that he had escaped from CISF, Regional Training Centre, Arkonam, Tamilnadu from 18th February 2005 where he was sent on 26th January 2005 …” (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/32548032/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2018-0027)

**Record:** CW-2018-0027 (compiler id CWC-1051); case GAP3-106-007
**Title:** Jharkhand Police Constable v. State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Aparesh Kumar Singh
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 1707 of 2018
**Judgment:** 2018-09-17 (2018, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-02-18 (2005)
**Place:** Dumka, Jharkhand; city town: Dumka; police station or unit: Dumka district police (training at CISF RTC Arkonam); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Jharkhand Police, Dumka (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Constable, appointed in Dumka in October 2004 and sent for training to CISF Regional Training Centre, Arkonam, absented himself from 18.02.2005, was suspended, and was dismissed on 16.12.2005 after a departmental proceeding found the absconding charge established; his appeal was rejected on 15.03.2011. His defences of his wife's illness and his own treatment did not avail. The Court found he never participated in the enquiry despite repeated notices, the 2011 appellate rejection was merited, and the writ suffered unexplained seven-year delay. Finding no ground for interference, the Court dismissed the writ petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The chronology of facts show that the petitioner was dismissed after a disciplinary proceeding on the charges that he had escaped from CISF, Regional Training Centre, Arkonam, Tamilnadu from 18th February 2005 where he was sent on 26th January 2005 only after two months after his appointment on 3rd October 2004. Though petitioner claims to have submitted his joining on 25th September 2005 at Dumka but he never participated in the departmental proceeding despite notices sent to him also at his residential address.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/32548032/)
**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:** Jharkhand Police Constable v. State of Jharkhand 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': '2018-09-17', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jharkhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jharkhand High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'W.P.(S) No. 1707 of 2018', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/32548032/', '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 escaping training upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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