31 Aug 2021
Order issued
ConcludedThe Gujarat High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: R/Special Civil Application No. 12543 of 2008
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CW-2021-0017GujaratJudgment 31 August 2021
Gujarat Police Head Constable vs State of Gujarat
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By judgment dated 31 August 2021 in R/Special Civil Application No. 12543 of 2008, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Biren Vaishnav, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable, Gujarat Police.
- Register number
- GJ 00 CW 0007
- Case reference
- R/Special Civil Application No. 12543 of 2008
- Court and date
- Gujarat High Court (Coram: Biren Vaishnav, J.), 31 August 2021
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable, Gujarat Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506(2) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 451 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Perusal of the impugned order of dismissal would indicate that it is a case where an employee, particularly from the police force, has engaged himself in the dastardly act of raping a lady.” (at para 5)
- 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 Gujarat High Court judgment dated 31 August 2021 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
Custodial torturePrimary
Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“Perusal of the impugned order of dismissal would indicate that it is a case where an employee, particularly from the police force, has engaged himself in the dastardly act of raping a lady.” (para 5)
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Institutional response
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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.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.