Zafarullah Khan vs State Of Bihar - 2021 Supreme(Pat) 327

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2021 Supreme(Pat) 327

VIKASH JAIN
Zafarullah Khan – Appellant
Versus
State Of Bihar – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Shivendra Kishore, Sr. Adv. Mr. Arun Kumar Bhagat, Adv., for the Appellant; Mr. Md. Nadeem Seraj-GP5, for the Respondent.

JUDGMENT

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents through video conference.

2. The present writ petition has been filed "for quashing the order dated 5.5.2016 passed in departmental proceeding no. 130/2014 by Deputy Inspector General Central Zone, Patna communicated vide memo no. 2076 dated 19.5.2016 by the Superintendent of Police, Nalanda by which petitioner has been dismissed from service and salary for suspension period has been withheld; and further for quashing of memo no. 1818 dated 12.7.2016 passed by Inspector General of Police (Appellate Authority) by which the departmental Appeal of the petitioner has been dismissed".

3. The short facts of the case according to the petitioner are that while he was posted as Sub-Inspector of Police, Vigilance in Town Thana, Biharsharif, Vigilance P.S. Case No. 66/2014 dated 23.09.2014 was instituted as he was caught red handed accepting a bribe of Rs. 2,000/- from the complainant Parwez Ahmed. A departmental proceeding was initiated while the petitioner was in judicial custody between 23.9.2014 and 13.1.2015. The petitioner appeared before the Enquiry Officer and requested for supply of the articles

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