Ratnesh Kumar Singh vs State of Jharkhand and Others

By judgment dated 4 March 2008 in W.P.(S) (vs Memo No. 648(A) dated 20.09.2007), the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Amareshwar Sahay, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Ratnesh Kumar Singh (Police Constable).

Register number

JH 05 CW 0002

Case reference

W.P.(S) (vs Memo No. 648(A) dated 20.09.2007) / (2008) 03 JH CK 0024

Court and date

Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Amareshwar Sahay, J.), 4 March 2008

Officer(s) at the material time

Ratnesh Kumar Singh (Police Constable)

Present service status

Not ascertained from the cited sources.

Provisions invoked

Section 385 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 352 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 427 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

Finding of the Court (extract)

“But in the present case, we find that the evidence in the departmental proceedings and in the criminal trial were not the same. As a matter of fact, in the criminal trial, the witnesses did not support the prosecution case …” (at para 10)

Verdict, sentence and quantum

Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.

Present status of the proceedings

No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Source orders

• Judgment / order (primary source)
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