2026:JHHC:2047 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(S) No.4439 of 2022 ------ Sanni Kumar, son of Shyam Sundar Choudhary, resident of Village Khiraundha, P.O. Amour, P.S. Meharma, District Godda. … … Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. Director General of Police, Jharkhand, Ranchi, Project Building, P.O. & P.S. Dhurwa, District Ranchi. 3. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Santhal Paragana Area, Dumka, P.O., P.S. & District Dumka. 4. Superintendent of Police, Deoghar, P.O., P.S. & District Deoghar. … … Respondents ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ashim Kr. Sahani, Advocate For the Respondent(s): Mr. Divyam, AC to SC-IV Mr. Indranil Bhaduri, Advocate ------ 07/ 27.01.2026 By filing this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:- “For grant of an appropriate writ in the nature of Certiorari or an order or direction for quashing the order of punishment issued under Memo No. 2467 dated 22/10/2014 (Annexure- 4) whereby the respondent no. 4 dismissed the petitioner from his services, appellate order as contained in Memo No. 3473 dated 25/11/2021 passed by the respondent no. 3 (Annexure-6) as well as revisional order issued under Memo No. 152 dated 12/7/2022 passed by the respondent no. 2 (Annexure- 8) and for an appropriate writ in the nature of Mandamus or an order or direction commanding upon the respondents to reinstate the petitioner in his services with all consequential benefits within a specified period and for any other appropriate 2026:JHHC:2047 2 writ or order or direction as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper.” 2. Heard learned counsel representing the petitioner and learned counsel representing the respondents. 3. On the basis of allegation, which is a part of the charge- sheet, a criminal case was instituted against the petitioner. 3.1. It is alleged against the petitioner that he being a Police was part of the raiding team which intercepted the Bank robbers. A sum of Rs.14,00,000/- (Rupees Fourteen Lakhs), was recovered and it is alleged that while the statements were being recorded by the officers, this petitioner along with others has removed a bundle of Rs.100/- notes, from the said bundle of Rs.14 Lakhs. 3.2. For the aforesaid occurrence, Devipur P.S. Case No.105 of 2012 was instituted against the petitioner under Sections 381 and 411 IPC. 4. Mr. Ashim Kr. Sahani, learned counsel representing the petitioner, fairly submits that this petitioner has been convicted in the aforesaid criminal case and the Criminal Appeal also stood dismissed, and conviction of the petitioner has been affirmed. He further submits that a Criminal Revision being Criminal Revision No.1504 of 2023, is pending before this Court and the petitioner is on bail. 5. Considering the fact that the petitioner has already been convicted for the aforesaid offences and his conviction has been affirmed by the Appellate Authority, I am not inclined to interfere in the aforesaid impugned order of dismissal of petitioner 2026:JHHC:2047 3 at this stage. If in the aforesaid Criminal Revision, the judgment of conviction and the Appellate Order are ultimately set aside, it will be open to the petitioner to file an appropriate application before the Disciplinary Authority. 6. With the aforesaid observations, this writ petition stands disposed of. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 27th January, 2026 Prashant. Cp-2 Uploaded on 31.01.2026