# Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State Of Jharkhand

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 August 2025 in W.P.(S) No. 779 of 2013, the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Coram: Deepak Roshan, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, JAP-6 Jamshedpur.

- Register number: JH 00 CW 0004
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 779 of 2013 / 2025:JHHC:24800
- Court and date: High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Coram: Deepak Roshan, J.), 19 August 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, JAP-6 Jamshedpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “no relief can be granted to the Petitioner” (at para operative findings paragraph)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: imprisonment.
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/156852770/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0069)

**Record:** CW-2025-0069 (compiler id CWC-1364); case cop-jh-hc-5
**Title:** Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State Of Jharkhand
**Court:** High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi; judges: Deepak Roshan
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 779 of 2013 / 2025:JHHC:24800
**Judgment:** 2025-08-19 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-08-24 (2007)
**Place:** Jharkhand; police station or unit: JAP-6 Jamshedpur; rail unit Daltonganj; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, JAP-6 Jamshedpur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The High Court held that the constable reported for duty on 24.08.2007 in an intoxicated condition, abused staff, and fled from hospital during medical examination. The High Court held that the doctor's note of alcoholic smell with oral testimony corroborated the charge despite the absence of a blood test. The High Court held that a prior record of habitual misconduct supported the penalty. The High Court dismissed the writ application and denied reinstatement.

> no relief can be granted to the Petitioner

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/156852770/)
**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:** operative findings paragraph
**display title redacted:** Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State Of Jharkhand
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-08-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'disciplinary upheld', 'source': '2025:JHHC:24800', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/156852770/', '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:** None; all claims verified including intoxication incident of 24.08.2007, removal order dated 30.11.2007, and quoted sentence.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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