applicant during the vigilance check, whereas the
Inspector who conducted the decoy check was examined with reference to
the same document. Hence, RUD-3 cannot ... isolated one.
4. Respondents in their reply statement state that decoy check with
independent witnesses was conducted on 6.7.2009, in regard to the
allegation that
Vigilance Manual are mandatory while carrying out the departmental trap (decoy check) and if they are, whether any deviation from the guidelines laid therein would ... hear the conversation between the decoy and the delinquent. It is therefore, plain that to ensure that the decoy check is carried in an impartial
conducted against the applicant by the vigilance team, was actually a decoy check as it was not against any particular person but was organized ... them, lays down the procedure required to be followed in decoy check which was followed in the instant case by the Vigilance Team. Learned counsel
essential to follow the due procedure in cases of decoy checks. Procedural lapses enable the accused to get the benefit of doubt in the inquiry ... decoy and the relative distance from each other.
307.10 It is essential to follow the due procedure in cases of decoy checks. Procedural lapses enable
habit of overcharging illiterate passengers.
Accordingly, on 21.8.2005, a decoy check was organized
by the Vigilance Branch of East Coast Railway to verify
the veracity ... Mohanty, Sr.VI(T)
prepared the pre-decoy check memorandum (RUD-1)
near the RE Office, Balugaon at about 7.45 AM and
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basis for termination of licence are found in the course of decoy check held and the surprise check conducted by the vigilance department ... counter affidavit after referring to the complaint stated that decoy check and the surprise check in the office premises of the petitioner were held
decoy was also placed under suspension
for his misconduct on duty. Therefore, such persons are unfit to be selected as decoy
check and as witness ... Railway Vigilance Manual. As the decoy
passenger has participated in more than one decoy check, he is unfit to act as witness
in the present
respect of any
transaction with the decoy passenger. It is only
because of the failure of the decoy check with the
decoy passenger that ... witness the transaction of
the decoy passenger, was himself made to purchase a
ticket after the decoy check failed, which is not
permissible. Further there
Welfare Inspector Gr.I, the applicant was
involved in a decoy check, conducted by the Vigilance Branch of the
S.C.Railway, in the year ... proceedings of the
check by the vigilance team. The applicant signed the test check
memo prepared prior to the check as per the laid down
Apart from the CBI, the Railway Vigilance department also carries out decoy
checks. These checks require careful planning, selection, execution and
documentation for success ... signed by all present.
518.11 It is essential that a successful decoy check should be followed to its logical
conclusion, namely - the issue
