# Bihar Police Constable v. State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 April 2019 in Letters Patent Appeal No. 1485 of 2018 (in CWJC No. 12182 of 2012), the Patna High Court (Coram: Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, Anjana Mishra, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Bihar Police, Bhojpur.

- Register number: BR 03 CW 0003
- Case reference: Letters Patent Appeal No. 1485 of 2018 (in CWJC No. 12182 of 2012) / 2019 (2) PLJR 908
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, Anjana Mishra, JJ.), 16 April 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Bihar Police, Bhojpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The appellant having not chosen to join his duties on his own volition, therefore, did not deserve to be a member of the disciplined Force.” (at para 9)
- 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://patnahighcourt.gov.in/viewjudgment/MyMxNDg1IzIwMTgjMSNO-cLx5oZEdFhA=); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0027)

**Record:** CW-2019-0027 (compiler id CWC-1045); case GAP3-106-001
**Title:** Bihar Police Constable v. State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Amreshwar Pratap Sahi; Anjana Mishra
**Case number / citation:** Letters Patent Appeal No. 1485 of 2018 (in CWJC No. 12182 of 2012) / 2019 (2) PLJR 908
**Judgment:** 2019-04-16 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated (2004)
**Place:** Bhojpur, Bihar; city town: Ara; police station or unit: Bhojpur district police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Bihar Police, Bhojpur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Constable, appointed in Kaimur in 1999 and transferred to Bhojpur in 2004, absented himself from duty from March 2004 to March 2005 and was dismissed on 13.10.2007 after a departmental inquiry. His appeal, memorial and writ petition (CWJC No. 12182 of 2012, dismissed 06.09.2018 by Nilu Agrawal J.) all failed. The Division Bench held the inquiry finding of unauthorised absence was supported by evidence, the ailment defence was unproved, and the penalty was not disproportionate for a member of a disciplined force. The Court found no perversity or procedural error and rejected the Letters Patent Appeal.

> The appellant having not chosen to join his duties on his own volition, therefore, did not deserve to be a member of the disciplined Force.

**Sources (2):** [patnahighcourt.gov.in](https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/viewjudgment/MyMxNDg1IzIwMTgjMSNO-cLx5oZEdFhA=); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/964685/ramesh-ram-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-ors-respondent/)
**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:** 9
**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': '2019-04-16', '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': '2019 (2) PLJR 908', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/viewjudgment/MyMxNDg1IzIwMTgjMSNO-cLx5oZEdFhA=', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/964685/ramesh-ram-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-ors-respondent/', '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:** LPA verified on Patna HC site (PDF) plus Single Judge order; appeal rejected, dismissal upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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