# CRPF Constable/GD v. Union of India & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 July 2023 in W.P.(C) 1883/2010, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Suresh Kumar Kait, Neena Bansal Krishna, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable/GD, D Company, 176 Battalion, CRPF, Waripora.

- Register number: JK 04 CW 0002
- Case reference: W.P.(C) 1883/2010 / 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 549
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Suresh Kumar Kait, Neena Bansal Krishna, JJ.), 4 July 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable/GD, D Company, 176 Battalion, CRPF, Waripora
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 11(1) of the CRPF Act, 1949; Rule 27 of the CRPF Rules, 1955
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The misconduct committed by the petitioner leaves no scope for leniency towards him.” (at para 24)
- 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://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/judgementphp-2-479503.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0045)

**Record:** CW-2023-0045 (compiler id CWC-1197); case GAP3-44-002
**Title:** CRPF Constable/GD v. Union of India & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Suresh Kumar Kait; Neena Bansal Krishna
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) 1883/2010 / 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 549
**Judgment:** 2023-07-04 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2008-12-07 (2008)
**Place:** Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir; city town: Waripora; police station or unit: D Company, 176 Bn CRPF, Waripora (Budgam); force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** CRPF Act 1949 s.11(1); CRPF Rules 1955 r.27
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable/GD, D Company, 176 Battalion, CRPF, Waripora (1 in record)
**Victims:** Waripora resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Delhi High Court records the following account. CRPF Constable/GD \[name withheld\] of D Company, 176 Battalion at Waripora (Budgam), while undergoing line-custody punishment, unauthorisedly purchased and consumed an overdose of liquor on 07.12.2008, entered the subordinate officers' mess drunk, seized a loaded carbine and pointed it at SI/GD a Waripora resident The enquiry officer found him a habitual offender frequently caught drunk on duty, and the Commandant dismissed him from service on 11.02.2009, affirmed on appeal and revision. The Delhi High Court held rejection of his casual leave gave him no licence to consume liquor and rebel against the competent authority, found the dismissal just and proper, and dismissed his writ petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The misconduct committed by the petitioner leaves no scope for leniency towards him.

**Sources (2):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/judgementphp-2-479503.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-dismissal-crpf-constable-consumption-of-liquor-on-duty-231857)
**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:** 24
**display title redacted:** CRPF Constable/GD 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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2023-07-04', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2023 LiveLaw (Del) 549', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/judgementphp-2-479503.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-dismissal-crpf-constable-consumption-of-liquor-on-duty-231857', '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:** CRPF constable's dismissal for drunkenness on duty and pointing loaded carbine at superior upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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