# Hazaribagh Police Armed police personnel vs The State Of Jharkhand

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 May 2025 in W.P.(S) No. 2580 of 2017, the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Coram: Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Armed police personnel, JAP-7, Hazaribagh.

- Register number: JH 02 CW 0004
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 2580 of 2017
- Court and date: High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Coram: Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.), 2 May 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Armed police personnel, JAP-7, Hazaribagh
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Consequently, this writ petition is dismissed.” (at para final 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/4836846/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0070)

**Record:** CW-2025-0070 (compiler id CWC-1365); case cop-jh-hc-6
**Title:** Hazaribagh Police Armed police personnel vs The State Of Jharkhand
**Court:** High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi; judges: Anubha Rawat Choudhary
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 2580 of 2017
**Judgment:** 2025-05-02 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-01-04 (2005)
**Place:** Hazaribagh, Jharkhand; police station or unit: JAP-7, Hazaribagh; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Armed police personnel, JAP-7, Hazaribagh (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The High Court held that the armed-police staffer declined assigned duty on 04.01.2005 and stayed away, with four prior penalties for overstay and absence on record. The High Court held that the case was one of refusal of duty rather than overstay of sanctioned leave. The High Court held that the delayed memorial under the Police Manual gave no ground to reopen the penalty. The High Court dismissed the writ petition.

> Consequently, this writ petition is dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/4836846/)
**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:** final paragraph
**display title redacted:** Hazaribagh Police Armed police personnel 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': '2025-05-02', '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': 'W.P.(S) No. 2580 of 2017', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/4836846/', '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. Neutral citation 2025:JHHC:13275 exists and could be added (record shows null).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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