# X vs The State of Jharkhand and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 June 2024 in W.P.(S) No. 2250 of 2021, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: S. N. Pathak, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Churchu Police Station, Hazaribagh.

- Register number: JH 02 CW 0003
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 2250 of 2021
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: S. N. Pathak, J.), 19 June 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Churchu Police Station, Hazaribagh
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 23 of the Jharkhand Service Code; Rule 707 of the Jharkhand Police Manual
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is unbecoming of a police personnel who was in live-in-relation with another lady other than wife and amounts to violation of rules whereby the service conditions of the petitioner are governed.” (at para 7(iii))
- 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.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/x-v-the-state-of-jharkhand-1637771.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0039)

**Record:** CW-2024-0039 (compiler id CWC-0880); case GAP2-48-003
**Title:** X vs The State of Jharkhand and Ors.
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: S. N. Pathak
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 2250 of 2021
**Judgment:** 2024-06-19 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2017-07-10 (2017)
**Place:** Hazaribagh, Jharkhand; city town: Churchu; police station or unit: Churchu Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Jharkhand Service Code Rule 23; Jharkhand Police Manual Rule 707
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Churchu Police Station, Hazaribagh (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Jharkhand High Court dismissed a Hazaribagh constable's writ petition challenging his dismissal from service. The court held that his admitted live-in relationship with a woman other than his wife, while married with two children, violated Rule 23 of the Service Code read with Rule 707 of the Police Manual and was unbecoming of police personnel. It further held that his acquittal in the related criminal case (Daru P.S. Case No. 29 of 2016) could not unsettle the concurrent findings of the disciplinary, appellate and revisional authorities. Finding no procedural flaw, the court sustained the dismissal. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is unbecoming of a police personnel who was in live-in-relation with another lady other than wife and amounts to violation of rules whereby the service conditions of the petitioner are governed.

**Sources (2):** [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/x-v-the-state-of-jharkhand-1637771.pdf); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/x-v-the-state-of-jharkhand-wps-no-2250-of-2021-jharkhand-high-court-1543899)
**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:** 7(iii)
**display title redacted:** X vs The State of Jharkhand 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': '2024-06-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jharkhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jharkhand High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'W.P.(S) No. 2250 of 2021', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/x-v-the-state-of-jharkhand-1637771.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/x-v-the-state-of-jharkhand-wps-no-2250-of-2021-jharkhand-high-court-1543899', '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 upheld constable's dismissal for admitted live-in relationship violating service rules; criminal acquittal immaterial.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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