# Gaya Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 November 2019 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 19188 of 2019, the Patna High Court (Coram: Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Pretshila Parwat police picket, Gaya.

- Register number: BR 02 CW 0007
- Case reference: Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 19188 of 2019 / 2020 (1) PLJR 184
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J.), 4 November 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Pretshila Parwat police picket, Gaya
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the departmental proceeding, the allegation against the petitioner was of having abandoned his Post and his Arms without any due permission from the superior authority.” (at para 6)
- 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/MTUjMTkxODgjMjAxOSMxI04=-Mkk2Y0J2e2Y=); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0036)

**Record:** CW-2019-0036 (compiler id CWC-0881); case GAP2-48-004
**Title:** Gaya Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Ors.
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Chakradhari Sharan Singh
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 19188 of 2019 / 2020 (1) PLJR 184
**Judgment:** 2019-11-04 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1998-09-17 (1998)
**Place:** Gaya, Bihar; police station or unit: Pretshila Parwat police picket, Gaya; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Pretshila Parwat police picket, Gaya (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Patna High Court dismissed a writ petition by constable seeking reconsideration of his 1999 dismissal in light of his 2019 criminal acquittal. The court noted he had been dismissed after Departmental Proceeding No. 62 of 1998 proved he abandoned his post and arms during the 17-09-1998 Naxalite attack on the Pretshila Parwat picket in Gaya, in which two constables were killed and rifles looted. It held departmental findings rest on evidence different from criminal trials and the dismissal had attained finality with the dismissal of his earlier writ in 2012. The dismissal from service was therefore left undisturbed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the departmental proceeding, the allegation against the petitioner was of having abandoned his Post and his Arms without any due permission from the superior authority.

**Sources (3):** [patnahighcourt.gov.in](https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/viewjudgment/MTUjMTkxODgjMjAxOSMxI04=-Mkk2Y0J2e2Y=); [samvidalaw.com](https://www.samvidalaw.com/patna-high-court-dismissal-after-acquittal-en/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1017190/pdf/)
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** Gaya Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Ors.
**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': '2019-11-04', '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': '2020 (1) PLJR 184', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/viewjudgment/MTUjMTkxODgjMjAxOSMxI04=-Mkk2Y0J2e2Y=', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.samvidalaw.com/patna-high-court-dismissal-after-acquittal-en/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1017190/pdf/', '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:** HC refused to reopen 1999 dismissal of constable who deserted post and arms in 1998 Naxalite attack; criminal acquittal immaterial.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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