# District Police Constable No. 265 v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. with \[name withheld\] v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 July 2026 in CWP No. 6783 of 2026 with CWP No. 2077 of 2026, the Himachal Pradesh High Court (Coram: Ajay Mohan Goel, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Constable No. 265, 4th India Reserve Battalion (IRBn), Jangalberi, Hamirpur; Constable No. 710, District Police Shimla.

- Register number: HP 21 CW 0001
- Case reference: CWP No. 6783 of 2026 with CWP No. 2077 of 2026 / 2026:HHC:31438
- Court and date: Himachal Pradesh High Court (Coram: Ajay Mohan Goel, J.), 29 July 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable No. 265, 4th India Reserve Battalion (IRBn), Jangalberi, Hamirpur; Constable No. 710, District Police Shimla
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Section 25 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Section 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Article 311(2)(a) of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Accordingly, in light of the findings returned herein above, as this Court does not find any infirmity or illegality in the orders under challenge, in terms whereof the petitioners have been dismissed from service, the present writ petitions being devoid …” (at para 40)
- 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/2026/08/22/gaurav-verma-695668.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0033)

**Record:** CW-2026-0033 (compiler id CWC-0758); case SWOTHERM-008; aliases: CWC-0062; CWC-1456
**Title:** District Police Constable No. 265 v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. with \[name withheld\] v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.
**Court:** Himachal Pradesh High Court; judges: Ajay Mohan Goel
**Case number / citation:** CWP No. 6783 of 2026 with CWP No. 2077 of 2026 / 2026:HHC:31438
**Judgment:** 2026-07-29 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh; police station or unit: Police Station Balh; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** NDPS Act s.20; NDPS Act s.21; NDPS Act s.25; NDPS Act s.29; Constitution Art. 311(2)(a)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable No. 265, 4th India Reserve Battalion (IRBn), Jangalberi, Hamirpur; Constable No. 710, District Police Shimla (2 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Himachal Pradesh High Court upheld the dismissal from service of two police constables criminally convicted under the NDPS Act: \[name withheld\], caught with 1003 grams of charas and sentenced by the Special Judge, Mandi to three years' imprisonment with fine, and \[name withheld\], convicted under Sections 21, 25 and 29. The Court held the DGP's invocation of clause (a) of the second proviso to Article 311(2) lawful and the pendency of criminal appeals no bar to dismissal without inquiry. It found dismissal neither excessive nor disproportionate for police personnel tasked with checking NDPS offences, observing the protectors of law had become its violators. Both writ petitions were dismissed on 29 July 2026. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Accordingly, in light of the findings returned herein above, as this Court does not find any infirmity or illegality in the orders under challenge, in terms whereof the petitioners have been dismissed from service, the present writ petitions being devoid of any merit are dismissed.

**Sources (3):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/08/22/gaurav-verma-695668.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/himachal-pradesh-high-court/hp-high-court-upholds-dismissal-police-constables-convicted-ndps-act-547050); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27966799/)
**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:** 40
**display title redacted:** District Police Constable No. 265 v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. with \[name withheld\] v. State of Himachal Pradesh & 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': '2026-07-29', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Himachal Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Himachal Pradesh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2026:HHC:31438', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/08/22/gaurav-verma-695668.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/himachal-pradesh-high-court/hp-high-court-upholds-dismissal-police-constables-convicted-ndps-act-547050', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27966799/', '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:** HP HC upheld dismissal of two NDPS-convicted police constables under Art.311(2)(a); writs dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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