{ "record_id": "CW-2022-0021", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0113", "alias_merged_ids": [ "CWC-1475" ], "display_title": "[name withheld] v. CP & Ors.", "display_title_redacted": "[name withheld] v. CP & Ors.", "state": "Delhi", "district": "South West Delhi", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "New Delhi", "police_station_or_unit": "PS IGI Airport", "court": "Delhi High Court", "court_as_verified": "Delhi High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "[name withheld] v. CP & Ors.", "case_number": "W.P.(C) 7245/2003", "citation": "2022/DHC/004763; 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 1073", "judges": [ "Satish Chandra Sharma", "Subramonium Prasad" ], "judgment_date": "2022-11-09", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2022, "incident_date": "1996-03-24", "incident_year": 1996, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "corruption", "admin_subcategory": "extortion", "subcategory": "extortion", "subcategory_display": "extortion", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Head Constable", "role": "held_liable", "unit": "Delhi Police, IGI Airport Terminal 2", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "key2_gemapi:unclear", "key2_openrouter:unclear" ], "ledger_role": "held_liable", "key2": "yes", "key2_agy": "yes", "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": "yes", "key2_gemapi": "unclear", "key2_openrouter": "unclear", "key2_gpt56": "yes", "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.06, "jev_p_culpable": 0.94, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "none_found", "name_public": null, "display": "Head Constable, Delhi Police, IGI Airport Terminal 2" }, { "name": null, "rank": "Assistant Sub-Inspector", "role": "named_only", "unit": "Delhi Police, IGI Airport Terminal 2", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:named_only", "key2:no", "key2_agy:no", "key2_union:no", "key2_gemapi:unclear", "key2_openrouter:unclear" ], "ledger_role": "named_only", "key2": "no", "key2_agy": "no", "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": "no", "key2_gemapi": "unclear", "key2_openrouter": "unclear", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.9, "jev_p_culpable": 0.1, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Assistant Sub-Inspector, Delhi Police, IGI Airport Terminal 2" } ], "officer_count": 2, "victims": [], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 0, "sentence_type": "dismissal", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/59909112022cw72452003124048-443754.pdf", "secondary_sources": [ "https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/policeman-caught-with-75-dirhams-at-airport-delhi-high-court-upholds-dismissal-213900", "https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/delhi-high-court-upholds-dismissal-police-constable-caught-taking-money-passengers-airport", "https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/59909112022cw72452003124048-1436730.pdf" ], "summary": "The judgment of the Delhi High Court records the following account. Head Constable and ASI of Delhi Police were on passport-checking duty at Terminal 2, IGI Airport, on the night of 23/24 March 1996 when a surprise check by the DCP led to the recovery of 75 Dirhams from Kumar's pocket. The court noted that questioned passengers confirmed police officials at the gate were extorting and taking money, and a joint departmental enquiry resulted in both officers being dismissed from service on 20 September 1999. The court held that recovery of foreign currency from a non-traveller policeman plus witness statements clearly established corrupt misconduct, rejecting the plea that it was a case of no evidence. Finding no procedural irregularity or violation of natural justice, the Division Bench upheld the dismissal orders of the Disciplinary Authority, the Commissioner of Police (appellate order, 2002) and the CAT, and dismissed the writ petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "Head Constable and ASI of Delhi Police were on passport-checking duty at Terminal 2, IGI Airport, on the night of 23/24 March 1996 when a surprise check by the DCP led to the recovery of 75 Dirhams from Kumar's pocket. The court noted that questioned passengers confirmed police officials at the gate were extorting and taking money, and a joint departmental enquiry resulted in both officers being dismissed from service on 20 September 1999. The court held that recovery of foreign currency from a non-traveller policeman plus witness statements clearly established corrupt misconduct, rejecting the plea that it was a case of no evidence. Finding no procedural irregularity or violation of natural justice, the Division Bench upheld the dismissal orders of the Disciplinary Authority, the Commissioner of Police (appellate order, 2002) and the CAT, and dismissed the writ petition.", "court_quote": "In light of the aforesaid judgments and in absence of any procedural irregularity or violation of principle of natural justice and fair play, this Court does not find any reason to interfere with the order passed by the Disciplinary Authority, the Appellate Authority as well as the order passed by the CAT.", "court_quote_para": "28", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Delhi HC Division Bench dismissed writ; 1999 dismissal of 2 Delhi Police officers for extorting money from IGI passengers upheld (recategorised misconduct/other to corruption/extortion per charge memo).", "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": "2022-11-09", "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": "2022/DHC/004763; 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 1073", "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://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/59909112022cw72452003124048-443754.pdf", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/policeman-caught-with-75-dirhams-at-airport-delhi-high-court-upholds-dismissal-213900", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/delhi-high-court-upholds-dismissal-police-constable-caught-taking-money-passengers-airport", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/59909112022cw72452003124048-1436730.pdf", "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-28", "chunk-33", "chunk-34" ], "merged_case_id": "DELHI-022", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }