ORDER

The petitioner, a constable in the District Police, Muzaffarpur has been dismissed from service by an order issued vide Memo No. 1587 dated 08.06.2018, passed by the Senior Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarpur, on the ground of his proved misconduct in a departmental proceeding. His misconduct related to an occurrence of June, 2017 for which Ahiyapur P.S. Case No. 431 of 2017 was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 363, 387 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code in which, he along with others is an accused. His appeal against the order of dismissal has been dismissed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Tirhut Range, Muzaffarpur by an order dated 21.08.2018, which is also under challenge in the present writ application.

2. I have heard Mr. Prafull Chandra Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Ajay Kumar, learned AC to GP-4 appearing on behalf of the State of Bihar at length.

3. The occurrence is of 07.06.2017, when the Officer Incharge of Ahiyapur Police Station received an information at 2.P.M. to the effect that one Shashi Ranjan Kumar was kidnapped by some people and was being taken towards some place within the jurisdiction of Kanti