18 Apr 2016
Order issued
ConcludedThe Chhattisgarh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: (2016) 2 CLR 800; (2016) 150 FLR 265; (2016) LIC 2506
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CW-2016-0024Rajnandgaon, ChhattisgarhJudgment 18 April 2016
Rajnandgaon Police Constable v. The State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.
On 18 April 2016 the Chhattisgarh High Court (Prashant Kumar Mishra, J.) dismissed the writ petition of Constable of the District Force, Rajnandgaon, upholding his dismissal from service. The 2003 charge sheet alleged 43 days of unauthorised absence (21 September to 4 November 2002), an indecent act with a woman complainant tarnishing the force's image, and incorrigibility despite 12 prior punishments. The court held the indecent-behaviour charge was proved on the prosecutrix's independent deposition in the departmental enquiry and therefore unaffected by his acquittal under Section 376 IPC in Sessions Trial No. 169/2002, and that prolonged absence after release on bail was serious misconduct for a member of a disciplined force. A Division Bench dismissed his writ appeal in 2019 (WPC No. 2638/2019). No compensation was in issue. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 18 April 2016 in WP No. 4080 of 2004, the Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Prashant Kumar Mishra, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, District Force, Rajnandgaon.
- Register number
- CG 08 CW 0001
- Case reference
- WP No. 4080 of 2004 / (2016) 2 CLR 800; (2016) 150 FLR 265; (2016) LIC 2506
- Court and date
- Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Prashant Kumar Mishra, J.), 18 April 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable, District Force, Rajnandgaon
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 376 (acquitted in ST No. 169/2002) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Rule 3 of the CG Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1965
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The disciplinary authority i.e. SP, Rajnandgaon concurred with the finding recorded by the enquiry officer and imposed punishment of dismissal from service.” (at para 3)
- 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
The Chhattisgarh High Court judgment dated 18 April 2016 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“The disciplinary authority i.e. SP, Rajnandgaon concurred with the finding recorded by the enquiry officer and imposed punishment of dismissal from service.” (para 3)
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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