# Union of India & Anr. vs Indo-Tibetan Border Police Constable (General Duty)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 May 2025 in Civil Appeal arising out of SLP (C) No. 18628 of 2019, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Surya Kant, N. Kotiswar Singh, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable (General Duty), Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

- Register number: UK 10 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Appeal arising out of SLP (C) No. 18628 of 2019 / 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 668
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: Surya Kant, N. Kotiswar Singh, JJ.), 20 May 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable (General Duty), Indo-Tibetan Border Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “All members of the force must note that there is zero tolerance for such brazen misconduct, where the guardian of the cash box became its looter.” (at para 11)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2025-livelaw-sc-668-union-of-india-v-no-900224364-const-gd-jageshwar-singh-20-may-2025-609899.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0006)

**Record:** CW-2025-0006 (compiler id CWC-0896); case UTTARA-002
**Title:** Union of India & Anr. vs Indo-Tibetan Border Police Constable (General Duty)
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Surya Kant; N. Kotiswar Singh
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal arising out of SLP (C) No. 18628 of 2019 / 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 668
**Judgment:** 2025-05-20 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-07-04 (2005)
**Place:** Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand; police station or unit: ITBP battalion Kote, border post near Uttarkashi; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable (General Duty), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. Constable of the ITBP, recruited in 1990, was on sentry duty at the Kote on the night of 4/5 July 2005 guarding company cash boxes containing lakhs of rupees meant for disbursement to personnel. He broke open the Kote lock, took the cash, concealed the cash box about 200 yards away and fled the post, later confessing upon arrest. A Court of Inquiry and Summary Force Court found him guilty on all five charges and dismissed him on 14 November 2005, but a Single Judge and then a Division Bench of the Uttarakhand High Court directed reconsideration of the punishment as disproportionate. The Supreme Court allowed the Union's appeal, holding the robbery involved moral turpitude warranting zero tolerance in a paramilitary force, and restored the dismissal.

> All members of the force must note that there is zero tolerance for such brazen misconduct, where the guardian of the cash box became its looter.

**Sources (3):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2025-livelaw-sc-668-union-of-india-v-no-900224364-const-gd-jageshwar-singh-20-may-2025-609899.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-upholds-dismissal-of-itbp-sentry-for-gross-misconduct-cash-box-robbed-guardian-became-looter-294424); [courtbook.in](https://courtbook.in/posts/supreme-court-upholds-dismissal-of-itbp-constable-for-robbery-the-custodian-became-the-robber)
**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:** 11
**display title redacted:** Union of India & Anr. vs Indo-Tibetan Border Police Constable (General Duty)
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-05-20', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2025 LiveLaw (SC) 668', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2025-livelaw-sc-668-union-of-india-v-no-900224364-const-gd-jageshwar-singh-20-may-2025-609899.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-upholds-dismissal-of-itbp-sentry-for-gross-misconduct-cash-box-robbed-guardian-became-looter-294424', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://courtbook.in/posts/supreme-court-upholds-dismissal-of-itbp-constable-for-robbery-the-custodian-became-the-robber', '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:** Supreme Court restored dismissal of ITBP sentry \[name withheld\] for robbing the company cash box he was guarding.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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