# Gujarat Police Unarmed Police Constable vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 September 2021 in R/Special Civil Application No. 9645 of 2008, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Biren Vaishnav, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Unarmed Police Constable, Gujarat Police.

- Register number: GJ 00 CW 0008
- Case reference: R/Special Civil Application No. 9645 of 2008
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: Biren Vaishnav, J.), 1 September 2021
- Officer(s) at the material time: Unarmed Police Constable, Gujarat Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “this Court after undertaking all analysis of several decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court held that the penalty of dismissal is proportionate to the misconduct alleged against the petitioner.” (at para 8)
- 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/55991816/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2021-0018)

**Record:** CW-2021-0018 (compiler id CWC-1223); case GAP3-53-006
**Title:** Gujarat Police Unarmed Police Constable vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: Biren Vaishnav
**Case number / citation:** R/Special Civil Application No. 9645 of 2008
**Judgment:** 2021-09-01 (2021, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-04-26 (2002)
**Place:** Gujarat; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Unarmed Police Constable, Gujarat Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Unarmed Police Constable remained absent from duty from 26 April 2002 to 5 December 2002 (224 days) and was dismissed on 10 May 2004 after an ex-parte departmental inquiry, a penalty confirmed in appeal and revision. He challenged the dismissal under Article 226, contending illness and violation of natural justice. The Court noted an earlier penalty reducing his pay was already in force and found no improvement in his behaviour despite past penalties. The Court held the penalty of dismissal proportionate to the misconduct and dismissed the petition, leaving the dismissal undisturbed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> this Court after undertaking all analysis of several decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court held that the penalty of dismissal is proportionate to the misconduct alleged against the petitioner.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/55991816/)
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Gujarat 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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2021-09-01', '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': 'R/Special Civil Application No. 9645 of 2008', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/55991816/', '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; dismissal of police constable for 224-day absence upheld under Art 226.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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