# Delhi Police Constable vs Commissioner of Police and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 April 2008 in W.P.(C) No. 4170 of 2001, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Manmohan Sarin, Manmohan, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, 1st Battalion, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 00 CW 0022
- Case reference: W.P.(C) No. 4170 of 2001 / 149(2008)DLT674; (2008) 04 DEL CK 0209
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Manmohan Sarin, Manmohan, JJ.), 11 April 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, 1st Battalion, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
- Finding of the Court (extract): “we are of the view that the order passed by the Tribunal subserves the ends of justice and does not call for any interference in the exercise of writ jurisdiction.” (at para 12)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld.
- 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/1719822/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0020)

**Record:** CW-2008-0020 (compiler id CWC-1176); case GAP3-39-007
**Title:** Delhi Police Constable vs Commissioner of Police and Others
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Manmohan Sarin; Manmohan
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) No. 4170 of 2001 / 149(2008)DLT674; (2008) 04 DEL CK 0209
**Judgment:** 2008-04-11 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1986-06-13 (1986)
**Place:** Delhi; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** NDPS Act 1985 s.21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, 1st Battalion, Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The judgment of the Delhi High Court records the following account. Constable was arrested on 13.6.1986 in FIR No. 211/1986 under Section 21 NDPS Act, convicted and sentenced to 10 years RI in 1987 and dismissed in 1988, but acquitted by the High Court on 6.1.1989 for non-proof beyond reasonable doubt and reinstated in 1996. A departmental inquiry on the same allegations found him guilty and on 10.2.1998 imposed forfeiture of five years approved service with pay reduction, upheld in appeal and by the CAT. The Court held Rule 12 of the Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1980 was attracted since the acquittal rested substantially on technical non-compliance with Sections 42 and 50 NDPS Act, leaving suspicion capable of resting on the official. Departmental proceedings were therefore not without jurisdiction, and the writ petition was dismissed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> we are of the view that the order passed by the Tribunal subserves the ends of justice and does not call for any interference in the exercise of writ jurisdiction.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1719822/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/919136/shri-v-jayapalan-appellant-hash-commissioner-of-police-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** 12
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Constable vs Commissioner of Police and Others
**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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2008-04-11', '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': '149(2008)DLT674; (2008) 04 DEL CK 0209', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1719822/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/919136/shri-v-jayapalan-appellant-hash-commissioner-of-police-and-others-respondent/', '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:** Writ dismissed; forfeiture of 5 yrs service upheld despite criminal acquittal on NDPS technicalities.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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