# State of Jharkhand & Ors. v. Jharkhand Police Constable and others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 8 May 2026 in Civil Appeal No. 7364 of 2026 \[arising out of SLP (C) No. 6111 of 2023\], the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, R. Mahadevan, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Jharkhand Police, Dhurki Police Station, Garhwa.

- Register number: JH 14 CW 0003
- Case reference: Civil Appeal No. 7364 of 2026 \[arising out of SLP (C) No. 6111 of 2023\] / 2026 INSC 466; 2026 SCC OnLine SC 824
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, R. Mahadevan, JJ.), 8 May 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Jharkhand Police, Dhurki Police Station, Garhwa
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Public employment, particularly in the police service, cannot be converted into an instrument of fraud.” (at para 24)
- 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.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/2026/05/09/the-state-of-jharkhand-v-ranjan-kumar-1777285.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0048)

**Record:** CW-2026-0048 (compiler id CWC-0916); case GAP2-60-007
**Title:** State of Jharkhand & Ors. v. Jharkhand Police Constable and others
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Ahsanuddin Amanullah; R. Mahadevan
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 7364 of 2026 \[arising out of SLP (C) No. 6111 of 2023\] / 2026 INSC 466; 2026 SCC OnLine SC 824
**Judgment:** 2026-05-08 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-12-23 (2007)
**Place:** Garhwa, Jharkhand; city town: Dhurki; police station or unit: Dhurki Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Jharkhand Police, Dhurki Police Station, Garhwa (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. \[name withheld\], appointed Constable in the Jharkhand Police in May 2005 and serving as Reserve Guard at Dhurki Police Station, took two days compensatory leave from 20 December 2007 and never rejoined. The Court recorded that during that absence he secured appointment as Constable in the Bihar Police under the name \[name withheld\] on forged certificates, then abandoned the Patna posting in January 2008. A forensic comparison of fingerprints, biometrics and photographs confirmed both names were one person, and the Superintendent of Police, Garhwa dismissed him in August 2010. The writ court sustained the dismissal but the Division Bench set it aside; the Supreme Court restored the dismissal as proportionate, quashed the Bihar appointment under Article 142, and directed the DGPs to examine criminal proceedings. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Public employment, particularly in the police service, cannot be converted into an instrument of fraud.

**Sources (3):** [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/2026/05/09/the-state-of-jharkhand-v-ranjan-kumar-1777285.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-orders-criminal-action-against-constable-who-joined-bihar-jharkhand-police-in-different-names-533562); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/supreme-court-orders-dismissal-of-cop-who-joined-bihar-and-jharkhand-police-under-different-names)
**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:** 24
**display title redacted:** State of Jharkhand & Ors. v. Jharkhand Police Constable and others
**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': '2026-05-08', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2026 INSC 466; 2026 SCC OnLine SC 824', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/2026/05/09/the-state-of-jharkhand-v-ranjan-kumar-1777285.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-orders-criminal-action-against-constable-who-joined-bihar-jharkhand-police-in-different-names-533562', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/supreme-court-orders-dismissal-of-cop-who-joined-bihar-and-jharkhand-police-under-different-names', '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:** SC restored dismissal for fraudulent dual police appointment under forged identity; criminal aspect sent for examination.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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