12 Nov 2013
Order issued
ConcludedThe Karnataka High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: Writ Petition Nos. 70837/2012 (S-KAT) c/w 71237/2012 (S-KAT)
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CW-2013-0037Belagavi, KarnatakaJudgment 12 November 2013
Belagavi Police Police Constable and others vs State of Karnataka
The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. While posted at Belgaum Market Police Station, constables and [name withheld] stole KSRTC bus warrants from the station, forged the officer's signature on them, and encashed them in collusion with a bus conductor, misappropriating Rs.25,670. A departmental inquiry examining 22 witnesses held the charges proved, and both constables were removed from service, which the KAT confirmed. The Karnataka High Court (Dharwad Bench) held no joint inquiry with the censured supervising inspectors was required since the charges differed, found the penalty proportionate, and dismissed both writ petitions. The court ruled the criminal acquittal was no ground to unsettle the disciplinary findings; no compensation was ordered. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 12 November 2013 in Writ Petition Nos. 70837/2012 (S-KAT) c/w 71237/2012 (S-KAT), the Karnataka High Court (Coram: Dilip B. Bhosale, B. Manohar, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Police Constable, Belgaum Market Police Station, Belgaum District Unit; Police Constable, Belgaum Market Police Station, Belgaum District Unit.
- Register number
- KA 22 CW 0005
- Case reference
- Writ Petition Nos. 70837/2012 (S-KAT) c/w 71237/2012 (S-KAT)
- Court and date
- Karnataka High Court (Coram: Dilip B. Bhosale, B. Manohar, JJ.), 12 November 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Constable, Belgaum Market Police Station, Belgaum District Unit; Police Constable, Belgaum Market Police Station, Belgaum District Unit
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked
- Rule 6 (major penalty) of the Karnataka State Police (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The petitioners being Police Constables and public servants have to maintain integrity and purity in their life and safeguard the life and property of the person and society. Being the members of disciplined force they themselves have involved in the …” (at para 6)
- 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.
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Current position
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“The petitioners being Police Constables and public servants have to maintain integrity and purity in their life and safeguard the life and property of the person and society. Being the members of disciplined force they themselves have involved in the …” (para 6)
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19 Sep 2026
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