# Delhi Police Constable and others v. Commissioner of Police & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 August 2001, the Delhi High Court (Coram: M. Khan, Sharda Aggarwal, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Constable, Delhi Police; Constable, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 00 CW 0009
- Case reference: 93 (2001) DLT 563; 2002 (61) DRJ 583
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: M. Khan, Sharda Aggarwal, JJ.), 21 August 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Delhi Police; Constable, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We accordingly hold that order of discharge in a criminal case does not amount to an order of acquittal.” (at para 8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- 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/1442362/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0006)

**Record:** CW-2001-0006 (compiler id CWC-0482); case SWCUSTOD-014
**Title:** Delhi Police Constable and others v. Commissioner of Police & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: M. Khan; Sharda Aggarwal
**Case number / citation:** 93 (2001) DLT 563; 2002 (61) DRJ 583
**Judgment:** 2001-08-21 (2001, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-01-01 (1993)
**Place:** Delhi; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 366; IPC 376; IPC 506
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Delhi Police; Constable, Delhi Police (2 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ of two Delhi Police constables dismissed from service in July 1993 without enquiry under Article 311(2)(b) on a gang-rape charge (FIR 289/93). After the Trial Magistrate discharged them in 1996 for want of prima facie evidence, they sought reinstatement invoking Rule 12 of the Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980. The Court held a pre-trial discharge is not an acquittal and Rule 12 was inapplicable, sustaining the CAT dismissal of their plea. Caveat: the dismissal was upheld purely on this Rule 12 legal point; there is no merits finding on the rape charge itself. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We accordingly hold that order of discharge in a criminal case does not amount to an order of acquittal.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1442362/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Constable and others v. Commissioner of Police & Ors.
**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': \['court_quote_para', 'subcategory'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2001-08-21', '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': '93 (2001) DLT 563; 2002 (61) DRJ 583', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1442362/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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 dismissed writ on Rule 12 point (discharge is not acquittal); dismissal stands.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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