# Railway Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Ors

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## Report card

By judgment dated 9 January 2023 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11616 of 2013, the Patna High Court (Coram: Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Railway Police, Jamalpur.

- Register number: BR 08 CW 0003
- Case reference: Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11616 of 2013 / 2023 (1) PLJR 552
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J.), 9 January 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Railway Police, Jamalpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 311 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The charges levelled against the petitioner have been ultimately proved in the criminal trial and he has already been convicted of offense under 302.” (at para 9)
- 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://patnahighcourt.gov.in/viewjudgment/MTUjMTE2MTYjMjAxMyMxI04=-txaKkEeLycU=); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0034)

**Record:** CW-2023-0034 (compiler id CWC-1053); case GAP3-107-002
**Title:** Railway Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and Ors
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Sanjeev Prakash Sharma
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11616 of 2013 / 2023 (1) PLJR 552
**Judgment:** 2023-01-09 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-01-01 (2000)
**Place:** Munger, Bihar; city town: Jamalpur; police station or unit: Railway Police, Jamalpur (Jamalpur-Howrah Super Express escort party); force: railway
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; Constitution Art. 311
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Railway Police, Jamalpur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Jamalpur resident; Jamalpur resident (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Patna High Court dismissed the writ petition of Railway Police constable, a member of the Jamalpur-Howrah Super Express escort party who allegedly extorted passengers and then shot dead two persons during an altercation in 2000. The court held the Superintendent of Police (Rail), Jamalpur had recorded cogent reasons for dispensing with the departmental inquiry under Article 311(2)(b) and Rule 20(ii) of the Bihar CCA Rules, 2005, since the petitioner had absconded after service of the charge-sheet. It sustained the dismissal order dated 6 September 2000 along with the appellate and memorial rejections. The court further noted the charges stood proved in the criminal trial with a conviction under s.302 IPC, which independently bars reinstatement under Article 311(2)(a). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The charges levelled against the petitioner have been ultimately proved in the criminal trial and he has already been convicted of offense under 302.

**Sources (2):** [patnahighcourt.gov.in](https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/viewjudgment/MTUjMTE2MTYjMjAxMyMxI04=-txaKkEeLycU=); [samvidalaw.com](https://www.samvidalaw.com/patna-high-court-article-311-dismissal-without-inquiry-en/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**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:** 9
**display title redacted:** Railway Police Constable vs The State of Bihar and 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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2023-01-09', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Patna High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Patna High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2023 (1) PLJR 552', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/viewjudgment/MTUjMTE2MTYjMjAxMyMxI04=-txaKkEeLycU=', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.samvidalaw.com/patna-high-court-article-311-dismissal-without-inquiry-en/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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:** Judgment verified on Patna HC portal; writ dismissed, dismissal of railway constable upheld; s.302 conviction recorded by the court.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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