# Delhi Police Police Constable v. Delhi Administration (and connected appeal)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 February 1958 in Criminal Appeals Nos. 202-203 of 1957, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: S. J. Imam, B. P. Sinha, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Police Constable, Delhi Police; Police Constable, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 00 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeals Nos. 202-203 of 1957 / AIR 1958 SC 350; 1958 SCR 1218
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: S. J. Imam, B. P. Sinha, JJ.), 6 February 1958
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Delhi Police; Police Constable, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 224/109 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The findings of the High Court establish the offence of the appellants under s. 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, and we can find no sufficient reason to think that the appellants were wrongly convicted thereunder. The appeals …” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 2 years.
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/794096/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1958-0001)

**Record:** CW-1958-0001 (compiler id CWC-0439); case SWBRIBER-012
**Title:** Delhi Police Police Constable v. Delhi Administration (and connected appeal)
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: S. J. Imam; B. P. Sinha
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeals Nos. 202-203 of 1957 / AIR 1958 SC 350; 1958 SCR 1218
**Judgment:** 1958-02-06 (1958, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1955-11-06 (1955)
**Place:** Delhi; city town: Delhi; police station or unit: Delhi Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1947 s.5(2); IPC 120B; IPC 224/109
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Delhi Police; Police Constable, Delhi Police (2 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 2 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of two Delhi police constables, led by \[name withheld\], upholding their conviction by the Special Judge, Delhi under Section 120B and Section 224/109 IPC and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947. The Court found that between 6 and 16 November 1955 they conspired to bring about the escape of undertrial M.P. Khare from lawful custody, agreeing to accept illegal gratification and abetting the escape, with gratification accepted from Nand Parkash Kapur. It rejected the challenge to the approver's pardon granted by the District Magistrate under Section 337 CrPC 1898, holding a Special Judge's court is a Court of Session for that purpose. The sentence of two years' rigorous imprisonment under Section 5(2) and nine months under each IPC count stands. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The findings of the High Court establish the offence of the appellants under s. 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, and we can find no sufficient reason to think that the appellants were wrongly convicted thereunder. The appeals are accordingly dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/794096/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Police Constable v. Delhi Administration (and connected appeal)
**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
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'AIR 1958 SC 350; 1958 SCR 1218', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1958-02-06', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'AIR 1958 SC 350; 1958 SCR 1218', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/794096/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** SC judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; two constables' s.5(2) PC Act 1947 conviction upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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