# Haryana Police Constable vs State of Haryana and others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 February 2021 in CWP No. 19471 of 2020 (O&M), the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Sudhir Mittal, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Haryana Police.

- Register number: HR 00 CW 0003
- Case reference: CWP No. 19471 of 2020 (O&M)
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Sudhir Mittal, J.), 11 February 2021
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Haryana Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 16.3 of the Punjab Police Rules, 1934
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Although the reason for rejection of the request for reinstatement may be erroneous, the order has to be upheld on the ground that there is no Rule providing for reinstatement upon acquittal in a criminal case.”
- 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/85505449/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2021-0014)

**Record:** CW-2021-0014 (compiler id CWC-1075); case GAP3-116-003
**Title:** Haryana Police Constable vs State of Haryana and others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Sudhir Mittal
**Case number / citation:** CWP No. 19471 of 2020 (O&M)
**Judgment:** 2021-02-11 (2021, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2008-07-14 (2008)
**Place:** Haryana; police station or unit: Haryana Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Punjab Police Rules 1934 r.16.3
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Haryana Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. \[name withheld\] was appointed as a Haryana Police constable on 14 July 2008, FIR No. 189 dated the same day named him as an accused, and he was dismissed on 16 July 2008, with his departmental appeal and revision failing. After his acquittal in the criminal trial on 30 July 2019 he sought reinstatement, which was rejected. The High Court held Rule 16.3 of the Punjab Police Rules bars departmental punishment after a judicial acquittal but has no application where dismissal preceded the trial and only reinstatement is sought. The court held no rule provides for reinstatement upon acquittal and dismissed the writ, so the dismissal stands. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Although the reason for rejection of the request for reinstatement may be erroneous, the order has to be upheld on the ground that there is no Rule providing for reinstatement upon acquittal in a criminal case.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/85505449/)
**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
**display title redacted:** Haryana Police Constable vs State of Haryana 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': '2021-02-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Punjab and Haryana High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'CWP No. 19471 of 2020 (O&M)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/85505449/', '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:** Dismissal of constable named in FIR on enrolment day upheld; no rule mandates reinstatement on acquittal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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