# Arshad v. State of Haryana & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 July 2025 in CWP No. 20467 of 2025, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Jagmohan Bansal, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Arshad (Constable).

- Register number: HR 00 CW 0005
- Case reference: CWP No. 20467 of 2025 / 2025:PHHC:089339
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Jagmohan Bansal, J.), 21 July 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Arshad (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The petitioner was concededly part of disciplined force and was bound to strictly follow the rules and regulations. Armed Forces cannot retain any indisciplined member.” (at para 6)
- 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://livelaw-hpnlu.refread.com/pdf_upload/cwp20467202521072025finalorder-612503.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0013)

**Record:** CW-2025-0013 (compiler id CWC-0666); case SWOTHERM-030
**Title:** Arshad v. State of Haryana & Ors.
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Jagmohan Bansal
**Case number / citation:** CWP No. 20467 of 2025 / 2025:PHHC:089339
**Judgment:** 2025-07-21 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2023-01-12 (2023)
**Place:** Haryana; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Arshad (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. Haryana Police Constable Arshad, who joined in April 2012, proceeded on one week's leave on 12 January 2023 and never returned, remaining absent for over 300 days; his justification included treatment for black magic by a tantrik. Suspended in September 2023, he boycotted the enquiry, was found guilty ex parte, and was dismissed on 20 June 2024 after a record of 40-plus prior absences, with his appeal and revision failing. The Punjab and Haryana High Court held armed forces cannot retain an indisciplined member, declined to interfere on proportionality for a habitual offender, and dismissed the writ petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The petitioner was concededly part of disciplined force and was bound to strictly follow the rules and regulations. Armed Forces cannot retain any indisciplined member.

**Sources (3):** [livelaw-hpnlu.refread.com](https://livelaw-hpnlu.refread.com/pdf_upload/cwp20467202521072025finalorder-612503.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/punjab-and-haryana-high-court/punjab-haryana-high-court-police-officer-absented-from-duty-to-visit-tantarik-upholds-dismissal-says-armed-forces-cant-retain-indiscipline-member-299079); [scconline.com](https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2025/08/04/ph-hc-armed-forces-cannot-retain-indisciplined-member/)
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** Arshad v. State of Haryana & 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': '2025-07-21', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Punjab and Haryana High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2025:PHHC:089339', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://livelaw-hpnlu.refread.com/pdf_upload/cwp20467202521072025finalorder-612503.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/punjab-and-haryana-high-court/punjab-haryana-high-court-police-officer-absented-from-duty-to-visit-tantarik-upholds-dismissal-says-armed-forces-cant-retain-indiscipline-member-299079', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2025/08/04/ph-hc-armed-forces-cannot-retain-indisciplined-member/', '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:** P&H HC dismissed writ, upheld dismissal of constable absent 300+ days visiting tantrik; habitual offender.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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