# Gaindatola, village Khoratola Police Constable vs State of Chhattisgarh & Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 June 2025 in WA No. 372 of 2025 (arising from WPS No. 285 of 2012), the Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Ramesh Sinha, Bibhu Datta Guru, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, PS Gaindatola, Rajnandgaon.

- Register number: CG 08 CW 0002
- Case reference: WA No. 372 of 2025 (arising from WPS No. 285 of 2012) / 2025:CGHC:25555-DB
- Court and date: Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Ramesh Sinha, Bibhu Datta Guru, JJ.), 19 June 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, PS Gaindatola, Rajnandgaon
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “there is some evidence to prove the said charges, the charges were rightly proved and the punishment awarded is just and proper.” (at para 19)
- 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/chhatrapal-sahu-v-state-of-chhattisgarh-others-606859.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0009)

**Record:** CW-2025-0009 (compiler id CWC-0752); case CHHATT-002
**Title:** Gaindatola, village Khoratola Police Constable vs State of Chhattisgarh & Others
**Court:** Chhattisgarh High Court; judges: Ramesh Sinha; Bibhu Datta Guru
**Case number / citation:** WA No. 372 of 2025 (arising from WPS No. 285 of 2012) / 2025:CGHC:25555-DB
**Judgment:** 2025-06-19 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2009-02-06 (2009)
**Place:** Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh; city town: Gaindatola, village Khoratola; police station or unit: Police Station Gaindatola; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, PS Gaindatola, Rajnandgaon (1 in record)
**Victims:** Gaindatola, village Khoratola resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Drop/replace tagline: the proved departmental charge (charge-sheet, IO report, appellate finding) is the institutional case and is fully recorded. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> there is some evidence to prove the said charges, the charges were rightly proved and the punishment awarded is just and proper.

**Sources (1):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/chhatrapal-sahu-v-state-of-chhattisgarh-others-606859.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**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:** 19
**display title redacted:** Gaindatola, village Khoratola Police Constable vs State of Chhattisgarh & Others
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-06-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Chhattisgarh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Chhattisgarh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2025:CGHC:25555-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/chhatrapal-sahu-v-state-of-chhattisgarh-others-606859.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**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:** Chhattisgarh HC (DB) dismissed writ appeal and upheld removal of constable for demanding Rs. 5,000 bribe.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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