The Calcutta High Court was dealing with a plea of CISF constable challenging his dismissal after acquittal in criminal case. (AI-generated Image)

Calcutta High Court CISF news: The Calcutta High Court has set aside the plea of a former constable of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), accused of unauthoritatively scaling the boundary wall of the port area and carrying silk bundles, ruling that a criminal acquittal based on the benefit of doubt does not automatically mandate the reversal of a dismissal order resulting from departmental proceedings.

A bench of Justices Madhuresh Prasad and Prasenjit Biswas was dealing with a plea of a former CISF constable challenging his termination on two grounds: the enquiry was conducted in English rather than his mother tongue, and that his acquittal in a parallel criminal trial should have resulted in his reinstatement.

“In the present case also, we find from the order of the chief metropolitan magistrate dated September 15, 2005, the court acquitted the…