inkinccorporation@gmail.com passed in CWJC No. 9015 of 2023 (Navin Kumar
Singh vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.).
3. The brief facts of the case are that while the
petitioner was posted as S.H.O.-cum-Inspector, Chapra
Muffasil, constables of the said police station apprehended a
sand loaded Truck from No Entry Area of the Town, the
petitioner was informed and a letter in this regard was sent to
the concerned Mining Officer and the District Transport Officer
(DTO). Just after two days of the incident, the truck owner made
a complaint against the constables of the said Police Station
before the Superintendent of Police, Saran, upon which the
inquiry was initiated and the constables were found guilty but
the petitioner was not found guilty in spite of that the authority
concerned initiated departmental proceeding against the
petitioner and in the said departmental proceeding, the petitioner
was found guilty and order of penalty was inflicted by which
the petitioner was demoted to the post of Sub Inspector. Against
the order of punishment, the petitioner filed CWJC no. 9015 of
2023 and this Court vide order dated 14.11.2024, in light of the
law laid down by the Apex Court in case of Bharat Singh &
Ors. vs State of Haryana & Ors. reported in 1988 (4) SCC 534
did not interfere with the order of punishment in absence of any
Patna High Court C. REV. No.366 of 2024 dt.13-02-2026
evidence in support of the reliefs and the pleadings made in the
writ petition.
