# Delhi Police Police Constable v. Delhi Administration

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 February 1980 in Criminal Appeal No. 211 of 1974, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: R.S. Sarkaria, O. Chinnappa Reddy, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Police Constable, Kashmere Gate Police Station, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 00 CW 0003
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 211 of 1974 / 1980 SCC (2) 390; AIR 1980 SC 873
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: R.S. Sarkaria, O. Chinnappa Reddy, JJ.), 15 February 1980
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Kashmere Gate Police Station, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 5(1)(d)/5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The appeal is, therefore, dismissed.”
- 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/91976/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1980-0001)

**Record:** CW-1980-0001 (compiler id CWC-0443); case SWBRIBER-017
**Title:** Delhi Police Police Constable v. Delhi Administration
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: R.S. Sarkaria; O. Chinnappa Reddy
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 211 of 1974 / 1980 SCC (2) 390; AIR 1980 SC 873
**Judgment:** 1980-02-15 (1980, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1969-07-12 (1969)
**Place:** Delhi; city town: Kashmere Gate, Delhi; police station or unit: Kashmere Gate Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1947 s.5(1)(d)/5(2); IPC 161
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Kashmere Gate Police Station, Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Kashmere Gate, Delhi resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 2 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal No. 211 of 1974, by special leave) dismissed the appeal and upheld the conviction of Delhi Police Constable, already confirmed by the Delhi High Court (Crl. A. No. 186/72): two years' rigorous imprisonment on each of the two counts (plus Rs 500 fine on the first count), to run concurrently. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The appeal is, therefore, dismissed.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/91976/); [acbmaharashtra.gov.in](https://acbmaharashtra.gov.in/files/judgment29.pdf)
**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
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Police Constable v. Delhi Administration
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**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': '1980 SCC (2) 390; AIR 1980 SC 873', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1980-02-15', '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': '1980 SCC (2) 390; AIR 1980 SC 873', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/91976/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://acbmaharashtra.gov.in/files/judgment29.pdf', '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 text verified; police constable bribery conviction under PC Act 1947 + IPC 161 upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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