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 "display_title": "Delhi Police Constable v. State of Delhi",
 "display_title_redacted": "Delhi Police Constable v. State of Delhi",
 "state": "Delhi",
 "district": "South Delhi",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Mehrauli",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Police Station Mehrauli",
 "court": "Delhi High Court",
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 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Delhi Police Constable v. State of Delhi",
 "case_number": "CRL.A. 862/2004",
 "citation": "2026 LiveLaw (Del) 428",
 "judges": [
  "Chandrasekharan Sudha"
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 "judgment_date": "2026-04-27",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "1994-07-26",
 "incident_year": 1994,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "corruption",
 "admin_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
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 "outcome_type": "conviction_upheld",
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
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  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Constable",
   "unit": "Police Station Mehrauli, Delhi Police",
   "role": "convicted",
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   "key2_gemapi": "unclear",
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   "later_outcome": "none_found",
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   "display": "Constable, Police Station Mehrauli, Delhi Police"
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 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Mehrauli man"
  }
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 "victims_redacted": null,
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 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
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 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/04/27/76027042026crla8622004151433-670237.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-upholds-police-constables-conviction-for-accepting-1000-bribe-32-years-ago-531963",
  "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/173170880/",
  "https://courtbook.in/posts/delhi-hc-constable-bribery-conviction-upheld"
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 "summary": "The Delhi High Court dismissed Constable's appeal and upheld his conviction by the Special Judge, Delhi (C.C. No. 56/1998) under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Court found that on 26 July 1994, while posted at Police Station Mehrauli, he demanded and accepted Rs. 1,000 from a Mehrauli man for returning an identity card seized during checking, and was caught in an Anti-Corruption Branch trap. It held the non-examination of the untraceable complainant was not fatal since the panch witness proved demand and acceptance, drawing support from Neeraj Dutta. The Court upheld the sanction granted by the Additional DCP and confirmed one year's rigorous imprisonment on each count with fine, to run concurrently. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Delhi High Court dismissed Constable's appeal and upheld his conviction by the Special Judge, Delhi (C.C. No. 56/1998) under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Court found that on 26 July 1994, while posted at Police Station Mehrauli, he demanded and accepted Rs. 1,000 from a Mehrauli man for returning an identity card seized during checking, and was caught in an Anti-Corruption Branch trap. It held the non-examination of the untraceable complainant was not fatal since the panch witness proved demand and acceptance, drawing support from Neeraj Dutta. The Court upheld the sanction granted by the Additional DCP and confirmed one year's rigorous imprisonment on each count with fine, to run concurrently.",
 "court_quote": "In the present case, once the demand and acceptance stand duly proved from the cogent testimony of PW5 coupled with the recovery of the tainted currency, the statutory presumption under Section 20 of the PC Act stands invoked and shifts the burden upon the accused. However, the accused has failed to discharge the said burden as no plausible or probable explanation has been furnished to rebut the presumption, thereby leaving the prosecution case unrebutted.",
 "court_quote_para": "24",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Delhi HC judgment PDF verified; constable's ss.7/13 PC Act conviction and 1-yr sentence upheld.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
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   "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"
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   "action_type": "Conviction",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Trial court (as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment)",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation",
   "source": "2026 LiveLaw (Del) 428",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  },
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   "date": "2026-04-27",
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   "authority": "Delhi High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)",
   "source": "2026 LiveLaw (Del) 428",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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   "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",
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   "url": "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-upholds-police-constables-conviction-for-accepting-1000-bribe-32-years-ago-531963",
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