It was stated in the order that while on duty in the Railway yard at Gamharia on April, 28 1976, 22 outsiders entered into the Railway Yard and lifted railway material and companycealed them under a tree and when the respondent came there he allowed the outsiders to carry the stolen material after taking rupee 1/ from each of the said outsiders.
The said order recited that an enquiry into the above misconduct as provided in rules 44, 45 and 46 of the Railway Protection Force Rules, 1959 was companysidered number practicable, because of the facts that it is number companysidered feasible or desirable to procure the witnesses of the security other Railway Employees since this will expose them and make them ineffective for future.
By an order dated May 12, 1976 it was held that respondent was guilty of gross mis conduct.
The respondent Singasan Rabi Das was removed from service with effect from May 13, 1976 by the Security Officer, Chakradharpur.
The respondent filed a writ petition in the High Court of judicature at Patna.
These witnesses if asked to appear at a companyfronted enquiry are likely to suffer personal humiliation and insults thereafter or even they and their family members may become targets of acts of violence.
The respondent was posted at Sini in the Distt.
of Singhbhum.
