# Purnagiri Police Constable v. State of Uttarakhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 May 2021 in Writ Petition (S/S) No. 1289 of 2015, the Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Ravindra Maithani, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Purnagiri Mela duty / Police Line Almora.

- Register number: UK 03 CW 0002
- Case reference: Writ Petition (S/S) No. 1289 of 2015
- Court and date: Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Ravindra Maithani, J.), 4 May 2021
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Purnagiri Mela duty / Police Line Almora
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Having considered all these facts, this Court is of the view that the punishment as imposed upon the petitioner is not disproportionate. There is no merit in this writ petition and it deserves to be dismissed.” (at para 30)
- 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/124467876/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2021-0005)

**Record:** CW-2021-0005 (compiler id CWC-0416); case UTTARA-013
**Title:** Purnagiri Police Constable v. State of Uttarakhand and Others
**Court:** Uttarakhand High Court; judges: Ravindra Maithani
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (S/S) No. 1289 of 2015
**Judgment:** 2021-05-04 (2021, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2013-04-17 (2013)
**Place:** Champawat, Uttarakhand; city town: Purnagiri; police station or unit: Purnagiri Mela duty / Police Line Almora; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Purnagiri Mela duty / Police Line Almora (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed Constable's writ petition, upholding his termination from service on 18 November 2013. The Court recorded that while on Purnagiri Mela duty on 17 April 2013 he was found intoxicated and misbehaving with tourists, and thereafter remained absent without leave from 18 April to 1 May 2013. It noted a departmental inquiry had proved both charges and his departmental appeal had been dismissed in March 2014. The Court held the acts constituted gross misconduct for a police constable, noted his past warnings and punishments, and found the punishment not disproportionate. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Having considered all these facts, this Court is of the view that the punishment as imposed upon the petitioner is not disproportionate. There is no merit in this writ petition and it deserves to be dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/124467876/)
**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:** 30
**display title redacted:** Purnagiri Police Constable v. State of Uttarakhand 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2021-05-04', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Uttarakhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Uttarakhand High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'Writ Petition (S/S) No. 1289 of 2015', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/124467876/', '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:** UHC judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; termination for intoxication on duty plus absence upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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