{ "record_id": "CW-2017-0034", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-1186", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Delhi Police Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.", "display_title_redacted": "Delhi Police Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.", "state": "Delhi", "district": "New Delhi", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "New Delhi", "police_station_or_unit": null, "court": "Delhi High Court", "court_as_verified": "Delhi High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Delhi Police Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.", "case_number": "W.P.(C) 8939/2017", "citation": null, "judges": [ "Vipin Sanghi", "Rekha Palli" ], "judgment_date": "2017-10-11", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2017, "incident_date": "2009-01-01", "incident_year": 2009, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "corruption", "admin_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act", "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act", "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [ "PC Act 1988 s.7", "PC Act 1988 s.13", "Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules 1980 r.12" ], "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/127404609/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "The Delhi High Court (Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli, JJ.) on 11 October 2017 dismissed the writ petition of Delhi Police Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court noted he had been trapped and caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Branch accepting Rs. 3,000 as bribe after demanding Rs. 7,000 to stop harassing the complainant's brother (FIR No. 41/2009). A departmental enquiry examining six prosecution witnesses held the charge proved beyond any shadow of doubt, leading to dismissal on 7 March 2013. The court held his later criminal acquittal was on benefit of doubt and not honourable, so it did not entitle him to reinstatement under Rule 12 of the Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980. Incident date year-only in judgment; recorded as 2009-01-01. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "The Delhi High Court (Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli, JJ.) on 11 October 2017 dismissed the writ petition of Delhi Police Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court noted he had been trapped and caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Branch accepting Rs. 3,000 as bribe after demanding Rs. 7,000 to stop harassing the complainant's brother (FIR No. 41/2009). A departmental enquiry examining six prosecution witnesses held the charge proved beyond any shadow of doubt, leading to dismissal on 7 March 2013. The court held his later criminal acquittal was on benefit of doubt and not honourable, so it did not entitle him to reinstatement under Rule 12 of the Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980. Incident date year-only in judgment; recorded as 2009-01-01.", "court_quote": "For all the aforesaid reasons, we are of the view that the impugned judgment does not call for interference and the present petition is, accordingly, dismissed.", "court_quote_para": "34", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Dismissal of Delhi Police constable for bribe-taking upheld; criminal acquittal held not honourable.", "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": "2017-10-11", "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) 8939/2017", "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/127404609/", "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": "GAP3-42-001", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }