HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD Kunwar Pal Singh .....Petitioner(s)

Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s)

Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pawan Kumar Tripathi, Vijay Gautam, Vijay Gautam(Senior Adv.), Vinod Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.

Court No. - 34 A.F.R Judgement Reserved on 30.03.2026 Judgement Delivered on 20.04.2026 HON'BLE ANISH KUMAR GUPTA, J.

1. Heard Sri Pawan Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel assisted by Sri Deepanshu Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Gaurav Singh, learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents.

2. The briefly stated facts of the case are that the petitioner was posted as Constable on 15.05.1982 in the U.P. Police Department. At the relevant time in the year 2011, the petitioner was posted as Constable at Police Line, District- Firozabad. On 14.12.2011, the petitioner was assigned duty to present an accused at Sadar Lockup. While on such duty, allegedly the petitioner got intoxicated and due to such intoxication consumed by the petitioner, a gunshot fire from his service rifle took place, due to which private persons got injured. With regard to the aforesaid incident, an F.I.R. was lodged against the peti