# Ex. Const. Pawan Kumar vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 3 July 2009 in W.P.(C) No. 991 of 2008, the Delhi High Court (Coram: A. K. Sikri, Suresh Kait, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Pawan Kumar (Constable).

- Register number: DL 05 CW 0006
- Case reference: W.P.(C) No. 991 of 2008 / LAWS(DLH)-2009-7-405
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: A. K. Sikri, Suresh Kait, JJ.), 3 July 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time: Pawan Kumar (Constable)
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution of India; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 211 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The petitioner herein belongs to the Disciplined Force. When material has surfaced on record showing links of the petitioner with criminal elements and also that conspiring with such hardened criminals, the petitioner allegedly implicated innocent persons in a false criminal …” (at para 20)
- 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/51535345/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2009-0027)

**Record:** CW-2009-0027 (compiler id CWC-0790); case GAP2-18-007
**Title:** Ex. Const. Pawan Kumar vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: A. K. Sikri; Suresh Kait
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) No. 991 of 2008 / LAWS(DLH)-2009-7-405
**Judgment:** 2009-07-03 (2009, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-03-04 (2005)
**Place:** North East, Delhi; city town: Delhi; police station or unit: PS New Usmanpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 311(2)(b); IPC 307; IPC 34; Arms Act s.27; IPC 211; IPC 120B
**Officers (gated display forms):** Pawan Kumar (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi resident; Delhi resident; Delhi resident (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition of former Delhi Police Constable Pawan Kumar and upheld his dismissal from service without enquiry under Article 311(2)(b). The court found that for money he had conspired with known criminals to stage a fake gunshot attack on Anil Mahajan on 4 March 2005 in Ambedkar Basti so that Mahajan could falsely implicate his relatives in an attempt-to-murder case (FIR 74/2005). The court held that Gulfam's Section 164 CrPC statement and the phone-call links supplied solid material showing the constable's criminal propensity, and that retaining an officer capable of misusing official power to implicate innocents would endanger witnesses. It found no infirmity in the disciplinary authority's satisfaction that holding an enquiry was not reasonably practicable. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The petitioner herein belongs to the Disciplined Force. When material has surfaced on record showing links of the petitioner with criminal elements and also that conspiring with such hardened criminals, the petitioner allegedly implicated innocent persons in a false criminal case, forming an opinion that those victims would be reluctant to depose against the petitioner in a departmental inquiry is well founded.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/51535345/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/encyclopedia/browse/Case?caseId=109002053300&title=ex-cont-pawan-kumar-vs-govt-of-nct-of-delhi-and-ors)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**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:** 20
**display title redacted:** Ex. Const. Pawan Kumar vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & 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': '2009-07-03', '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': 'LAWS(DLH)-2009-7-405', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/51535345/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/encyclopedia/browse/Case?caseId=109002053300&title=ex-cont-pawan-kumar-vs-govt-of-nct-of-delhi-and-ors', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**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 judgment verified; dismissal of constable for staging false-implication conspiracy upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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