# CISF Constable and others v. Union of India & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 June 2022 in W.A. No. 5651 of 2017 with connected writ petitions, the Karnataka High Court (Coram: Alok Aradhe, J.M. Khazi, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 8 police personnel, namely: Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru.

- Register number: KA 09 CW 0004
- Case reference: W.A. No. 5651 of 2017 with connected writ petitions
- Court and date: Karnataka High Court (Coram: Alok Aradhe, J.M. Khazi, JJ.), 15 June 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of preceding analysis, we do not find any merit in this appeal, the same fails and is hereby dismissed.”
- 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/28837634/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2022-0010)

**Record:** CW-2022-0010 (compiler id CWC-0481); case SWCUSTOD-011
**Title:** CISF Constable and others v. Union of India & Ors.
**Court:** Karnataka High Court; judges: Alok Aradhe; J.M. Khazi
**Case number / citation:** W.A. No. 5651 of 2017 with connected writ petitions
**Judgment:** 2022-06-15 (2022, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2015-05-01 (2015)
**Place:** Mysuru, Karnataka; city town: Mysuru; police station or unit: CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; force: central_armed
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial rape sexual assault
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru; Constable, CISF unit, BRBNMPL, Mysuru (8 in record)
**Victims:** Mysuru woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

add: appellants were acquitted in the criminal trial but the Division Bench held (para 23) criminal acquittal does not vitiate the disciplinary finding of misconduct; date range of incidents per complaint is March-June 2015, not only May-June. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In view of preceding analysis, we do not find any merit in this appeal, the same fails and is hereby dismissed.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/28837634/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/karnataka-high-court-cisf-constables-dismissal-from-service-sexual-harassment-202028)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** custodial_rape_sexual_assault
**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:** CISF Constable and others v. Union of India & 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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2022-06-15', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Karnataka High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Karnataka High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'W.A. No. 5651 of 2017 with connected writ petitions', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/28837634/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/karnataka-high-court-cisf-constables-dismissal-from-service-sexual-harassment-202028', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial rape sexual assault
**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 dismissed writ appeal; dismissal of 8 CISF constables upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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