# State of J&K and Others vs J&K Armed Police Head Constable/Cashier

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 August 2026 in LPAW No. 93 of 2012, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Coram: Sanjeev Kumar, Mohd. Yousuf Wani, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable/Cashier, 8th Battalion, J&K Armed Police.

- Register number: JK 02 CW 0003
- Case reference: LPAW No. 93 of 2012
- Court and date: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Coram: Sanjeev Kumar, Mohd. Yousuf Wani, JJ.), 11 August 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable/Cashier, 8th Battalion, J&K Armed Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 409 of the Ranbir Penal Code; Rule 359 of the J&K Police Rules
- Finding of the Court (extract): “For the foregoing reasons, we uphold the order of dismissal impugned in the writ petition as valid from the date of the order, i.e., 11.05.2007.” (at para 27)
- 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/2026/08/26/state-of-jk-vs-abdul-sattar-lone-696416.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0054)

**Record:** CW-2026-0054 (compiler id CWC-1315); case GAP3-99-001
**Title:** State of J&K and Others vs J&K Armed Police Head Constable/Cashier
**Court:** Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (verified as High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh); judges: Sanjeev Kumar; Mohd. Yousuf Wani
**Case number / citation:** LPAW No. 93 of 2012
**Judgment:** 2026-08-11 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2006-02-14 (2006)
**Place:** Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir; city town: Jammu; police station or unit: 8th Battalion, J&K Armed Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** RPC 409; J&K Police Rules Rule 359
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable/Cashier, 8th Battalion, J&K Armed Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court records the following account. Head Constable/\[name withheld\] of the 8th Battalion, J&K Armed Police was arrested in an embezzlement case (FIR No. 46/2005) and, after release on bail in February 2006, never reported back despite repeated notices, leading to dismissal in May 2007 with retrospective effect. A Single Judge had set the dismissal aside and ordered reinstatement with liberty for a fresh inquiry. The Division Bench held the unauthorised-absence charge stood proved and undefended, so no breach of Rule 359 or natural justice arose, but agreed dismissal could not operate retrospectively. Applying R. Jeevaratnam, it severed the retrospective part, sustained the dismissal from 11 May 2007, set aside the writ-court judgment and allowed the State appeal.

> For the foregoing reasons, we uphold the order of dismissal impugned in the writ petition as valid from the date of the order, i.e., 11.05.2007.

**Sources (2):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/08/26/state-of-jk-vs-abdul-sattar-lone-696416.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/jammu-kashmir/retrospective-effect-of-dismissal-order-is-severable-jkl-high-court-restores-constables-dismissal-in-90-lakh-embezzlement-case-547509)
**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:** 27
**display title redacted:** State of J&K and Others vs J&K Armed Police Head Constable/Cashier
**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': '2026-08-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'LPAW No. 93 of 2012', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/08/26/state-of-jk-vs-abdul-sattar-lone-696416.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/jammu-kashmir/retrospective-effect-of-dismissal-order-is-severable-jkl-high-court-restores-constables-dismissal-in-90-lakh-embezzlement-case-547509', '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:** Head Constable's dismissal for prolonged unauthorised absence upheld from date of order; retrospective part severed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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