# Halvad Police Unarmed Police Constable vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 27 January 2021 in R/Special Civil Application No. 9430 of 2007, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Umesh A. Trivedi, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Unarmed Police Constable, Halvad Police Station, Surendranagar.

- Register number: GJ 13 CW 0002
- Case reference: R/Special Civil Application No. 9430 of 2007 / AIRONLINE 2021 GUJ 796
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: Umesh A. Trivedi, J.), 27 January 2021
- Officer(s) at the material time: Unarmed Police Constable, Halvad Police Station, Surendranagar
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 145(2) of the Gujarat Police Act
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The conduct of the petitioner appears to be of a conscious defiant attitude which cannot be tolerated in a disciplined force like Police” (at para 14 (record says 13))
- 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/97921735/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2021-0013)

**Record:** CW-2021-0013 (compiler id CWC-1225); case GAP3-53-008
**Title:** Halvad Police Unarmed Police Constable vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: Umesh A. Trivedi
**Case number / citation:** R/Special Civil Application No. 9430 of 2007 / AIRONLINE 2021 GUJ 796
**Judgment:** 2021-01-27 (2021, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-07-03 (2000)
**Place:** Surendranagar, Gujarat; city town: Halvad; police station or unit: Halvad Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Gujarat Police Act s.145(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Unarmed Police Constable, Halvad Police Station, Surendranagar (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Gujarat High Court records the following account. Unarmed Police Constable B.\[name withheld\] of Halvad Police Station went on casual leave from 30 June to 2 July 2000 and never reported back on 3 July 2000, remaining absent despite arrest in October 2001 in a case under Section 145(2) of the Bombay (now Gujarat) Police Act. He was charge-sheeted for withdrawing from duty without written permission of the Superintendent of Police and dismissed on 21 October 2003, confirmed by the Range IG and the DGP. He contended sickness certificates explained part of the absence. The Court held the unauthorised absence stood proved and his conscious defiant attitude intolerable in a disciplined force, rejecting the petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The conduct of the petitioner appears to be of a conscious defiant attitude which cannot be tolerated in a disciplined force like Police

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/97921735/)
**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:** 14 (record says 13)
**display title redacted:** Halvad Police Unarmed Police Constable vs State of Gujarat
**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': '2021-01-27', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gujarat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gujarat High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'AIRONLINE 2021 GUJ 796', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/97921735/', '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 judgment verified on IK (AIRONLINE 2021 GUJ 796); dismissal for desertion of duty upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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