# \[name withheld\] vs The Commandant, Second Regiment, Karnataka State Reserve Police & Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 26 September 2019 in WP No. 104315/2018 (S-KAT), the Karnataka High Court (Coram: S. N. Satyanarayana, P. G. M. Patil, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police Constable, Second Regiment, Karnataka State Reserve Police.

- Register number: KA 22 CW 0008
- Case reference: WP No. 104315/2018 (S-KAT)
- Court and date: Karnataka High Court (Coram: S. N. Satyanarayana, P. G. M. Patil, JJ.), 26 September 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Second Regiment, Karnataka State Reserve Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 227 of the Constitution of India; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 109 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 3 of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 25(1)(b)(a) of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 28 of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 29 of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Under these circumstances, we are of the considered opinion that there are no grounds to interfere with the impugned order passed by the KSAT in application No.2960/2005. Therefore, the petition being devoid of merits is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, …” (at para 17)
- 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/157499296/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0009)

**Record:** CW-2019-0009 (compiler id CWC-0198); case KARNAT-013; aliases: CWC-1483
**Title:** \[name withheld\] vs The Commandant, Second Regiment, Karnataka State Reserve Police & Anr.
**Court:** Karnataka High Court; bench: Dharwad; judges: S. N. Satyanarayana; P. G. M. Patil
**Case number / citation:** WP No. 104315/2018 (S-KAT)
**Judgment:** 2019-09-26 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2001-10-01 (2001)
**Place:** Belagavi, Karnataka; city town: Belagavi; police station or unit: Second Regiment, Karnataka State Reserve Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 226; Constitution of India Art. 227; IPC 307; IPC 109; IPC 120B; IPC 34; Arms Act 1959 s.3; Arms Act 1959 s.25(1)(b)(a); Arms Act 1959 s.28; Arms Act 1959 s.29
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Second Regiment, Karnataka State Reserve Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. Petitioner \[name withheld\], a constable in the Second Regiment of the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) at Belagavi, was dismissed from service in November 2003 following a departmental enquiry into gross misconduct arising from his arrest in Crime No. 78/2001 for attempt to murder and Arms Act offences. After being acquitted in the criminal trial (S.C. No. 126/2003) in 2005, he challenged his dismissal before the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal and subsequently before the High Court. The Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court dismissed his writ petition and upheld the dismissal from service, holding that departmental proceedings operate under different standards of proof from criminal trials and that an acquittal recorded long after conclusion of disciplinary proceedings does not vitiate the penalty. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Under these circumstances, we are of the considered opinion that there are no grounds to interfere with the impugned order passed by the KSAT in application No.2960/2005. Therefore, the petition being devoid of merits is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, it is dismissed.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157499296/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/karnataka-hc-upholds-dismissal-of-ksrp-constable-despite-his-acquittal-in-criminal-case-148872); [thenewsminute.com](https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/employee-cant-seek-benefit-acquittal-disciplinary-authority-karnataka-hc-110553)
**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:** 17
**display title redacted:** \[name withheld\] vs The Commandant, Second Regiment, Karnataka State Reserve Police & Anr.
**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': '2019-09-26', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Karnataka High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Karnataka High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'WP No. 104315/2018 (S-KAT)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157499296/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/karnataka-hc-upholds-dismissal-of-ksrp-constable-despite-his-acquittal-in-criminal-case-148872', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/employee-cant-seek-benefit-acquittal-disciplinary-authority-karnataka-hc-110553', '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:** Karnataka HC upheld dismissal of KSRP police constable for misconduct despite subsequent criminal trial acquittal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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