# Bahadur Singh vs State of Rajasthan & Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 3 May 2023 in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 13411/2011, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Anoop Kumar Dhand, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Bahadur Singh (Constable).

- Register number: RJ 26 CW 0002
- Case reference: S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 13411/2011 / 2023/RJJP/007400
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Anoop Kumar Dhand, J.), 3 May 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Bahadur Singh (Constable)
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as compulsorily retired.
- Provisions invoked: Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 327 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The department has led credible evidence to show that the petitioner was guilty of misconduct. The findings of the Inquiry Officer are neither perverse nor based on 'no evidence'.” (at para 20)
- 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/117852468/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0014)

**Record:** CW-2023-0014 (compiler id CWC-0326); case RAJAST-008
**Title:** Bahadur Singh vs State of Rajasthan & Anr.
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jaipur; judges: Anoop Kumar Dhand
**Case number / citation:** S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 13411/2011 / 2023/RJJP/007400
**Judgment:** 2023-05-03 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-01-18 (2002)
**Place:** Tonk, Rajasthan; city town: Todaraisingh; police station or unit: Sadar Police Station, Tonk; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 365; IPC 342; IPC 327; IPC 323; IPC 120B
**Officers (gated display forms):** Bahadur Singh (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Todaraisingh man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by the legal heirs of deceased Constable Bahadur Singh of Sadar Police Station, Tonk, upholding his compulsory retirement for serious misconduct. On 18 January 2002, while unauthorizedly absent from duty, Bahadur Singh and four accomplices abducted a Todaraisingh man, assaulted him, and forcibly obtained his signatures on stamp paper, leading to registration of FIR No. 14/2002 under Sections 365, 342, 327, 323, and 120-B IPC and subsequent departmental inquiry under Rule 16 of the CCA Rules. Rejecting the claim that his later acquittal by a criminal court vitiated departmental action, the High Court held that the inquiry findings were based on credible evidence and the penalty of compulsory retirement was commensurate with the misconduct. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The department has led credible evidence to show that the petitioner was guilty of misconduct. The findings of the Inquiry Officer are neither perverse nor based on 'no evidence'.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/117852468/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/rajasthan-high-court/rajasthan-high-court-petition-police-constable-compulsory-retirement-departmental-enquiry-231468)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**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:** 20
**display title redacted:** Bahadur Singh vs State of Rajasthan & Anr.
**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': '2023-05-03', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2023/RJJP/007400', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/117852468/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/rajasthan-high-court/rajasthan-high-court-petition-police-constable-compulsory-retirement-departmental-enquiry-231468', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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:** Rajasthan High Court dismissed writ petition and upheld compulsory retirement of Constable Bahadur Singh for abducting and assaulting a civilian to extort signatures on stamp paper.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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