JUDGMENT

1. This intra Court appeal emanates from order dated 08.08.2017 passed by the learned Single Judge by which writ petitions preferred by the appellants have been dismissed. In order to appreciate the grievance of the appellants few facts need mention which are stated infra.

2. The appellants, on 18.07.2012, were appointed as Constables in Central Industrial Security Force (hereinafter referred to as the CISF for short) and in the year 2015, were posted to Bharatiya Reserve Bank Mudrana Pvt. Ltd. Mysuru. A Constable's wife (hereinafter referred to as the complainant for short) filed a complaint against the appellants in which it was stated that she was blackmailed and repeatedly raped by the appellants.

3. In the said complaint, it was stated that the complainant was residing in a Government quarter. Sometime in March and April 2015, appellant No.1 namely Vikas Verma introduced himself as the friend of her husband. The aforesaid Vikas Verma namely appellant No.1 was working in Unit's mess and volunteered to bring things from the market to the complainant as he used to visit the market frequently for procuring the goods for Unit mess. The appellant No.1 obtained the mobile number of the complainant and while the husband of the complainant was away during March and April 2015, the appellant No.1 used to call her late at night and initially talked about her general health and family. Thereafter, he started talking about sexual matters and expressed his desire to have physical relationship with the complainant in the night.

4. Again, appellant No.1 called the complainant at 1.30 a.m. and told her that he is waiting outside the house of the complainant and in case she does not have physical relationship with him, he would reveal the recorded telephonic conversation between them to her husband. The complainant thereupon was forced open the door and thereafter the appellant No.1 entered the house of the complainant and raped her. Thereafter, appellant No.1 kept on calling the complainant repeatedly. He raped the complainant again prior to 23.05.2015.

5. Thereafter, the appellant No.2 Ankush Punia and appellant No.6 Constable V.K.Tiwari also called the complainant on 06.06.2015 and told her that they knew about her illicit affair with Vikas Verma. The complainant was further told that in case she does not open the door of the house, they would disclose her illicit affair to everyone. The complainant was forced to open the door and thereafter, the appellant No.2 and appellant No.6 raped her one by one.

6. Similarly, appellant No.7 Chandan Kumar also contacted her and blackmailed her about physical relationship with other appellants and called her to parade ground and raped her. Similarly, appellant No.3 Pinku Kumar also called the complainant and at the threat of disclosure of her illicit physical relationship with other Constables, raped her. On 18.06.2015, at about 1.30 a.m. appellant No.6 V.K.Tiwari called her and blackmailed her and visited the house of the complainant with Constables Rahul Divakar appellant No.8 and Jitendra Singh appellant No.4 who raped the complainant one by one.

7. On 26.06.2015, the husband of the complainant came back from CISF SCCL unit, Singreni. The complainant fearing for the family life, did not disclose anything to her husband. On 28.06.2015, when appellant No.1 Vikas Verma had called the complainant at about 11.30 p.m. and while the complainant was talking to appellant No.1, her husband snatched the phone and enquired as to whom she was talking to. The complainant apprised him about her ordeal on 01.07.2015. The husband of the complainant was shocked and became furious and started behaving in an abnormal manner.

8. The complainant thereafter, lodged a complaint on 02.07.2015. On receipt of the complaint, a preliminary enquiry was conducted and a preliminary enquiry report was submitted. The Disciplinary Authority, by an order dated 02.08.2015, inter alia held that in an armed police force like CISF, th