# Delhi Police Constable vs The State

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 April 1974 in Crl.A. No. 186 of 1972, the Delhi High Court (Coram: P.S. Safeer, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable, Police Station Kashmere Gate, Delhi.

- Register number: DL 00 CW 0002
- Case reference: Crl.A. No. 186 of 1972 / 10(1974)DLT197
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: P.S. Safeer, J.), 19 April 1974
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Police Station Kashmere Gate, Delhi
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “An over-all appreciation of evidence on the record leads to the conclusion that the prosecution succeeded in bringing home the guilt to the accused. The defense version did not contain even an iota of veracity. There is no justification for …” (at para 5)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; 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/1673043/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1974-0003)

**Record:** CW-1974-0003 (compiler id CWC-1161); case GAP3-37-001
**Title:** Delhi Police Constable vs The State
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: P.S. Safeer
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. No. 186 of 1972 / 10(1974)DLT197
**Judgment:** 1974-04-19 (1974, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1969-07-15 (1969)
**Place:** Delhi; city town: Delhi; police station or unit: Police Station Kashmere Gate; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1947 s.5(2); PC Act 1947 s.5(1)(d); IPC 161
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Police Station Kashmere Gate, Delhi (1 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 2 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Delhi High Court (P.S. Safeer, J.) on 19 April 1974 dismissed the appeal of Delhi Police constable of Police Station Kashmere Gate and upheld his conviction for demanding and accepting a Rs 60 bribe to release scooter-rickshaw DLR-5813. The court held the Anti-Corruption trap evidence proved demand and acceptance, with phenolphthalein-treated notes recovered after the appellant threw them across a wall on seeing the raiding Inspector. It held the presumption under Section 4(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 arose against him and the defence version had no veracity. The concurrent sentences of two years rigorous imprisonment and Rs 500 fine were maintained; the Supreme Court dismissed the further appeal on 15 February 1980 (AIR 1980 SC 873).

> An over-all appreciation of evidence on the record leads to the conclusion that the prosecution succeeded in bringing home the guilt to the accused. The defense version did not contain even an iota of veracity. There is no justification for interfering with the conviction or the sentence imposed.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1673043/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/91976/)
**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:** 5
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Constable vs The State
**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 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': '10(1974)DLT197', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1974-04-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', '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': '10(1974)DLT197', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1673043/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/91976/', '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:** HC upheld PC Act bribery conviction of constable on trap evidence; SC affirmed in 1980.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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