# Delhi Police Sub-Inspector and Anr. vs Union of India and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 31 May 2002, the Delhi High Court (Coram: S.B. Sinha, A.K. Sikri, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 3 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Delhi Police; Head Constable, Delhi Police; Constable (Driver), Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 00 CW 0012
- Case reference: (2011) 182 DLT 350
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: S.B. Sinha, A.K. Sikri, JJ.), 31 May 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Delhi Police; Head Constable, Delhi Police; Constable (Driver), Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the instant case, the amount extracted from the complainant had been recovered from each of the three delinquent officials to the extent of rs. 13,000/-. Such recoveries were made at the instance of he delinquent officials themselves.” (at para 13)
- 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/1595395/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0024)

**Record:** CW-2002-0024 (compiler id CWC-1164); case GAP3-38-002
**Title:** Delhi Police Sub-Inspector and Anr. vs Union of India and Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: S.B. Sinha; A.K. Sikri
**Case number / citation:** (2011) 182 DLT 350
**Judgment:** 2002-05-31 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-09-30 (1993)
**Place:** Delhi; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** extortion
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 384; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Delhi Police; Head Constable, Delhi Police; Constable (Driver), Delhi Police (3 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi resident (1 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 31 May 2002 dismissed the writ petition against the CAT order in OA No. 2696 of 2000 and left intact the dismissal of Delhi Police personnel for forcibly snatching Rs 40,000 from train passenger a Delhi resident in the wee hours of 30 September 1993. The court held the dismissal of 2 December 1998 had attained finality before the criminal acquittal of 7 December 1999 and could not be reopened on that subsequent event, and that simultaneous departmental and criminal proceedings are not barred. It held the inquiry evidence, including recoveries of Rs 13,000 at the instance of each delinquent and the evidence of PWs 3 and 4, sustained the charges on preponderance of probability. The court found no case for interference under its limited judicial review jurisdiction and dismissed the petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the instant case, the amount extracted from the complainant had been recovered from each of the three delinquent officials to the extent of rs. 13,000/-. Such recoveries were made at the instance of he delinquent officials themselves.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1595395/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** extortion
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Sub-Inspector and Anr. 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2002-05-31', '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': '(2011) 182 DLT 350', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1595395/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** extortion
**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, upheld dismissal of policemen for snatching Rs 40,000 despite later acquittal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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