{ "record_id": "CW-2017-0020", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-1191", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "New Delhi Woman vs Commissioner of Police & Ors.", "display_title_redacted": "New Delhi Woman vs Commissioner of Police & Ors.", "state": "Delhi", "district": "East Delhi", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "New Delhi", "police_station_or_unit": "PS Shakarpur", "court": "Delhi High Court", "court_as_verified": "Delhi High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "New Delhi Woman vs Commissioner of Police & Ors.", "case_number": "W.P.(C) 5810/2015", "citation": null, "judges": [ "Vipin Sanghi", "Deepa Sharma" ], "judgment_date": "2017-04-17", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2017, "incident_date": "2006-06-20", "incident_year": 2006, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "corruption", "admin_subcategory": "extortion", "subcategory": "extortion", "subcategory_display": "extortion", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [ "Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules 1980" ], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Constable", "unit": "Delhi Police", "role": "held_liable", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:no_row", "key2:no_row" ], "ledger_role": null, "key2": null, "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": null, "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": null, "jev_p_culpable": null, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Constable, Delhi Police" } ], "officer_count": 1, "victims": [ { "name": null, "age": null, "gender": "male", "descriptor": "New Delhi man" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "dismissal", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/107705031/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "The Delhi High Court (Vipin Sanghi and Deepa Sharma, JJ.) on 17 April 2017 dismissed the writ petition of Smt. Kusum Chaudhary, widow of Delhi Police Constable, and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that on 20 June 2006 he and a co-delinquent picked up a New Delhi man as a proclaimed offender and, though the Additional SHO ordered his release, demanded and took Rs. 20,000 for the release, with further recorded demands thereafter. It held the complainant's credibility unimpeached and corroborated by a neighbour witness, sustained the serious-misconduct finding, and refused family pension and arrears. The dismissal order dated 2 March 2007 was thus confirmed through appeal, Tribunal and High Court.", "summary_verified": "The Delhi High Court (Vipin Sanghi and Deepa Sharma, JJ.) on 17 April 2017 dismissed the writ petition of Smt. Kusum Chaudhary, widow of Delhi Police Constable, and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that on 20 June 2006 he and a co-delinquent picked up a New Delhi man as a proclaimed offender and, though the Additional SHO ordered his release, demanded and took Rs. 20,000 for the release, with further recorded demands thereafter. It held the complainant's credibility unimpeached and corroborated by a neighbour witness, sustained the serious-misconduct finding, and refused family pension and arrears. The dismissal order dated 2 March 2007 was thus confirmed through appeal, Tribunal and High Court.", "court_quote": "In our view, the aforesaid does not impinge on the credibility of the complainant PW-3 [name withheld]. This is for the reason that both Constable [name withheld] and Constable [name withheld] had together proceeded to the residence of PW-3 [name withheld] and they were together when the demand for Rs.25,000/- was made.", "court_quote_para": "26", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Dismissal of constable for extorting money for release upheld; widow's pension plea refused.", "verification_status": "V2", "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported", "tier_badge": "Externally reported", "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded", "tier_history": [ "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded" ], "allegations": [ { "category": "Other", "primary": true, "position": "Material fact supported", "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.", "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation" } ], "institutional_response": [ { "date": "2017-04-17", "action_type": "Order issued", "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": "W.P.(C) 5810/2015", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." } ], "later_proceedings": [], "final_outcome_url": null, "followup_history": [ { "date": "2026-09-19", "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass", "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)", "result": "holds", "corrections_applied": [] } ], "followup_status": "checked", "last_checked": "2026-09-19", "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/107705031/", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": true, "verified_by": [ "chunk-109" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP3-42-006", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }