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 "display_title": "Delhi Police Head Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Ors.",
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 "case_title": "Delhi Police Head Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Ors.",
 "case_number": "CWP Nos. 2537 and 2546 of 2001",
 "citation": "(2002) 07 DEL CK 0066",
 "judges": [
  "S.B. Sinha",
  "A.K. Sikri"
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 "judgment_date": "2002-07-31",
 "date_precision": "day",
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 "incident_date": "1996-12-29",
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 "category": "Other",
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 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
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  {
   "age": null,
   "gender": null,
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "New Delhi resident"
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 "sentence_type": "dismissal",
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 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1038914/",
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 "summary": "The Delhi High Court Division Bench (S.B. Sinha, C.J. and A.K. Sikri, J.) on 31 July 2002 dismissed the writ petitions of three Delhi Police PCR personnel and left intact their dismissal from service for extorting 35 pounds from a British-passport holder near IGI Airport on the night of 29/30 December 1996. The court held departmental proceedings require only preponderance of probability, not criminal-trial proof, and that the unavailable complainant's statement could be taken on record under Rule 16(iii) of the Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeals) Rules, 1980. It held the petitioners' undisputed presence on PCR duty at the site corroborated the extortion charge and found no illegality in the Tribunal's order. The dismissals ordered on 2 December 1998, affirmed on appeal and by the CAT, therefore stood.",
 "summary_verified": "The Delhi High Court Division Bench (S.B. Sinha, C.J. and A.K. Sikri, J.) on 31 July 2002 dismissed the writ petitions of three Delhi Police PCR personnel and left intact their dismissal from service for extorting 35 pounds from a British-passport holder near IGI Airport on the night of 29/30 December 1996. The court held departmental proceedings require only preponderance of probability, not criminal-trial proof, and that the unavailable complainant's statement could be taken on record under Rule 16(iii) of the Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeals) Rules, 1980. It held the petitioners' undisputed presence on PCR duty at the site corroborated the extortion charge and found no illegality in the Tribunal's order. The dismissals ordered on 2 December 1998, affirmed on appeal and by the CAT, therefore stood.",
 "court_quote": "In the facts and circumstances of the case, we do not find any merit in these writ petitions, which are accordingly dismissed.",
 "court_quote_para": "33",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "HC dismissed writs, upheld dismissal of 3 PCR policemen for extorting £35 from tourist.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
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   "position": "Material fact supported",
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   "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation"
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   "date": "2002-07-31",
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   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Delhi High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Delhi High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only",
   "source": "(2002) 07 DEL CK 0066",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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   "date": "2026-09-19",
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   "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
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