# Delhi Police Constable vs Union of India and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 March 2002 in CWP No. 7007 of 2001, the Delhi High Court (Coram: S.B. Sinha, A.K. Sikri, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 3 police personnel, namely: Constable, III Bn DAP, Delhi Police (Patiala House Courts Gaddi Guard); Constable, III Bn DAP, Delhi Police (Patiala House Courts Gaddi Guard); Head Constable, III Bn DAP, Delhi Police (Patiala House Courts Gaddi Guard).

- Register number: DL 00 CW 0010
- Case reference: CWP No. 7007 of 2001
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: S.B. Sinha, A.K. Sikri, JJ.), 16 March 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, III Bn DAP, Delhi Police (Patiala House Courts Gaddi Guard); Constable, III Bn DAP, Delhi Police (Patiala House Courts Gaddi Guard); Head Constable, III Bn DAP, Delhi Police (Patiala House Courts Gaddi Guard)
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 221 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 222 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 223 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The fact that the under trial prisoner has escaped from the custody stood admitted and the fact that the petitioner and the other delinquent officers were do duty was also admitted.” (at para 26)
- 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/347357/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0019)

**Record:** CW-2002-0019 (compiler id CWC-1168); case GAP3-38-006
**Title:** Delhi Police Constable vs Union of India and Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: S.B. Sinha; A.K. Sikri
**Case number / citation:** CWP No. 7007 of 2001
**Judgment:** 2002-03-16 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-08-23 (1996)
**Place:** Delhi; city town: New Delhi; police station or unit: III Bn DAP, Patiala House Courts; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 221; IPC 222; IPC 223
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, III Bn DAP, Delhi Police (Patiala House Courts Gaddi Guard); Constable, III Bn DAP, Delhi Police (Patiala House Courts Gaddi Guard); Head Constable, III Bn DAP, Delhi Police (Patiala House Courts Gaddi Guard) (3 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Delhi High Court Division Bench (S.B. Sinha, C.J. and A.K. Sikri, J.) on 16 March 2002 dismissed the writ petition against the CAT order in OA No. 2430 of 1998 and left intact the removal of Delhi Armed Police constables and \[name withheld\] for gross negligence that allowed undertrial prisoner Mohd. Salim to escape from the Patiala House Courts Dakhila gate on 23 August 1996. The court held the escape-specific Rule 29 enquiry governed rather than a Rule 15 preliminary enquiry, that due procedure was followed with six prosecution and five defence witnesses examined, and that the admitted escape at the petitioner's searching/frisking post proved dereliction. It declined to interfere with the quantum of punishment, which had been considered at all levels. The removal from service therefore stood; the supervising Head Constable's increment stop was also left undisturbed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The fact that the under trial prisoner has escaped from the custody stood admitted and the fact that the petitioner and the other delinquent officers were do duty was also admitted.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/347357/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/920153/pdf/)
**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:** 26
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Constable vs Union of India and 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': \['subcategory'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2002-03-16', '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': 'CWP No. 7007 of 2001', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/347357/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/920153/pdf/', '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; removal of 2 constables for UTP escape at Patiala House stands.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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