# UT of J&K & Ors. v. \[name withheld\]

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 December 2025 in LPA No. 27 of 2022, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Coram: Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Parihar, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, J&K Police, minority picket, Adjin, Kulgam.

- Register number: JK 18 CW 0002
- Case reference: LPA No. 27 of 2022 / 2025:JKLHC-SGR:356-DB
- Court and date: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Coram: Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Parihar, JJ.), 18 December 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, J&K Police, minority picket, Adjin, Kulgam
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The failure of the Police Guards on duty to retaliate an attack by the militants and surrendering their weapons without firing a single round is a serious act of cowardice bringing moral disgrace to the police force as a whole.” (at para 20)
- 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/doc-20251225-wa0001-642846.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0030)

**Record:** CW-2025-0030 (compiler id CWC-0642); case SWOTHERM-006
**Title:** UT of J&K & Ors. v. \[name withheld\]
**Court:** Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (verified as High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh); bench: Srinagar; judges: Sanjeev Kumar; Sanjay Parihar
**Case number / citation:** LPA No. 27 of 2022 / 2025:JKLHC-SGR:356-DB
**Judgment:** 2025-12-18 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2016-05-07 (2016)
**Place:** Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir; city town: Adjin; police station or unit: Minority picket, Adjin, Kulgam; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, J&K Police, minority picket, Adjin, Kulgam (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court records the following account. Constable (J&K Police, appointed 1992), posted with the constabulary guard at the minority picket at Adjin, Kulgam, failed to fire a single round when militants attacked on the night of 7/8 May 2016, surrendering service weapons to them. After inquiry, SP Kulgam dismissed him on 13 October 2016. A Single Judge quashed the dismissal in October 2019 on grounds including inquiry by an allegedly incompetent officer. A Division Bench of Justices Sanjeev Kumar and Sanjay Parihar allowed the UT's appeal, holding the inquiry was by a competent authority with natural justice scrupulously followed, that surrender without firing is cowardice bringing moral disgrace, and that dismissal was not shockingly disproportionate, restoring the dismissal.

> The failure of the Police Guards on duty to retaliate an attack by the militants and surrendering their weapons without firing a single round is a serious act of cowardice bringing moral disgrace to the police force as a whole.

**Sources (3):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/doc-20251225-wa0001-642846.pdf); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/jammu-ladakh-high-court/2025jkhcsgr356-ut-of-j-k-v-bashir-ahmad-mir-1602450); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/jammu-kashmir/jammu-and-kashmir-high-court-surrendering-weapons-without-firing-a-single-round-is-cowardice-brings-moral-disgrace-to-police-force-restores-dismissal-of-constable-for-failing-to-repel-militant-attack-514461)
**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:** 20
**display title redacted:** UT of J&K & Ors. v. \[name withheld\]
**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': '2025-12-18', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2025:JKLHC-SGR:356-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/doc-20251225-wa0001-642846.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/jammu-ladakh-high-court/2025jkhcsgr356-ut-of-j-k-v-bashir-ahmad-mir-1602450', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/jammu-kashmir/jammu-and-kashmir-high-court-surrendering-weapons-without-firing-a-single-round-is-cowardice-brings-moral-disgrace-to-police-force-restores-dismissal-of-constable-for-failing-to-repel-militant-attack-514461', '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:** J&K HC allowed State appeal, restoring dismissal of constable who surrendered weapons; judgment verified.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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