A Division Bench of the Patna High Court restored the dismissal of CID Dog Squad constable [name withheld], caught red-handed with Rs 40,000 blackmail money by a raiding party on 8 August 1988. Though convicted in the criminal case in 1994 and acquitted on appeal in 1996, he was dismissed after a departmental enquiry, a penalty affirmed in appeal and memorial but set aside by a Single Judge in 2013. The Division Bench held the Single Judge had impermissibly re-appreciated evidence, found no procedural infirmity on perusing the original file, and held criminal acquittal does not conclude departmental proceedings. The LPA was allowed and the writ dismissed. Later proceedings: on 23 April 2025, the Supreme Court of India set aside the order recorded in this judgment (concerning [name withheld] [name withheld]); the outcome recorded here therefore does not stand. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 16 November 2016 in Letters Patent Appeal No. 516 of 2014 (arising out of CWJC No. 471 of 2004), the Patna High Court (Coram: Hemant Gupta, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Dog Squad, Crime Investigation Department (CID), Bihar, Patna.
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“The respondent was caught with Rs. 40,000/- by the raiding party and taken into custody” (para 2)
The Patna High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Later proceedings: on 23 April 2025, the Supreme Court of India set aside the order recorded in this judgment (concerning [name withheld] [name withheld]); the outcome recorded here therefore does not stand.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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