https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=293656 Rule 16.3 of the Punjab Police Rules was applied to assess whether a police officer's dismissal could stand after acquittal in the criminal case. The acquittal was not treated as an absolute bar because the record showed prosecution witnesses had turned hostile and may have been won over. In disciplinary proceedings, the governing standard remained preponderance of probabilities, so departmental action could be sustained where the enquiry findings justified it. The dismissal from service was therefore upheld and the challenge failed. en-us Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=293656 Rule 16.3 of the Punjab Police Rules was applied to assess whether a police officer's dismissal could stand after acquittal in the criminal case. The acquittal was not treated as an absolute bar because the record showed prosecution witnesses had turned hostile and may have been won over. In disciplinary proceedings, the governing standard remained preponderance of probabilities, so departmental action could be sustained where the enquiry findings justified it. The dismissal from service was therefore upheld and the challenge failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=293656