ORDER :

Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with order dated 26.2.2021 passed by Director-General of Police, Himachal Pradesh, whereby he though upheld the order dated 4.1.2020 passed by IGP Southern Range, Shimla whereby punishment of permanent forfeiture of three years of service passed by Superintendent of Police 31.1.2020 was upheld but taking lenient view modified the punishment of permanent forfeiture of three years to 1 year of service, petitioner has approached this court in the instant proceedings filed under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India, praying therein for following relief.

“That in view of the above mentioned facts and circumstances, the enquiry report, impugned orders dated 31.1.2020, 4.8.2020, 26.2.2021 whereby the petitioner was found guilty may kindly be quashed and set aside and whereby, the penalty imposed upon the present petitioner may kindly be quashed and set aside.”

2. Precisely, the facts of the case, as emerge from the record, are that in the year 2019, while petitioner was posted as Station House Officer Police Station Parwanoo, a case FIR No. 12, dated 12.1.2019, under S. 307, 323, 506 and 34 IPC was registered on the complaint of one Shri Sukhvinder S