# Meghalaya Police BN Constable vs State of Meghalaya and Ors

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## Report card

By judgment dated 27 March 2025 in W.A. No. 70 of 2024 (arising from WP(C) No. 309 of 2024), the High Court of Meghalaya at Shillong (Coram: H. S. Thangkhiew, B. Bhattacharjee, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the BN Constable, 1st Battalion, Meghalaya Police, Mawiong.

- Register number: ML 05 CW 0004
- Case reference: W.A. No. 70 of 2024 (arising from WP(C) No. 309 of 2024) / 2025:MLHC:236-DB
- Court and date: High Court of Meghalaya at Shillong (Coram: H. S. Thangkhiew, B. Bhattacharjee, JJ.), 27 March 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: BN Constable, 1st Battalion, Meghalaya Police, Mawiong
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Resultantly, the writ appeal stands dismissed.” (at para operative part of judgment dated 27.03.2025)
- 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/141431524/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0079)

**Record:** CW-2025-0079 (compiler id CWC-1385); case cop-ml-hc-1
**Title:** Meghalaya Police BN Constable vs State of Meghalaya and Ors
**Court:** High Court of Meghalaya at Shillong; judges: H. S. Thangkhiew; B. Bhattacharjee
**Case number / citation:** W.A. No. 70 of 2024 (arising from WP(C) No. 309 of 2024) / 2025:MLHC:236-DB
**Judgment:** 2025-03-27 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2020-12-15 (2020)
**Place:** East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya; police station or unit: 1st Battalion, Meghalaya Police, Mawiong, Shillong; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** BN Constable, 1st Battalion, Meghalaya Police, Mawiong (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The High Court Division Bench upheld the dismissal of a battalion constable for unauthorized absence from duty. The High Court held that the misconduct of absence from General Roll Call without leave stood proved in the departmental inquiry. The High Court found no procedural unfairness where the constable offered no defence witnesses and declined questioning opportunities. The High Court dismissed the writ appeal, leaving the dismissal and the Single Judge's rejection of the challenge intact.

> Resultantly, the writ appeal stands dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/141431524/)
**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 part of judgment dated 27.03.2025
**display title redacted:** Meghalaya Police BN Constable vs State of Meghalaya and Ors
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-03-27', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court of Meghalaya at Shillong', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court of Meghalaya at Shillong recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'disciplinary upheld', 'source': '2025:MLHC:236-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/141431524/', '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:** Verified against the cited judgment.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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