# Delhi Police Constable and others vs CBI

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 November 2010 in Crl.A. Nos. 82 & 75/2002, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Sanjiv Khanna, J.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Constable, Delhi Police, Police Station Gokulpuri; Head Constable, Delhi Police, Police Station Gokulpuri.

- Register number: DL 05 CW 0010
- Case reference: Crl.A. Nos. 82 & 75/2002
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Sanjiv Khanna, J.), 2 November 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Delhi Police, Police Station Gokulpuri; Head Constable, Delhi Police, Police Station Gokulpuri
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “As held above, the conviction and sentence of \[name withheld\] u/s 7 and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the PC Act is upheld and maintained.” (at para 32)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 3 years.
- 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/69757344/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0036)

**Record:** CW-2010-0036 (compiler id CWC-1181); case GAP3-40-005
**Title:** Delhi Police Constable and others vs CBI
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Sanjiv Khanna
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. Nos. 82 & 75/2002
**Judgment:** 2010-11-02 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1994-03-31 (1994)
**Place:** North East Delhi, Delhi; city town: Gokulpuri; police station or unit: Police Station Gokulpuri; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 120B; PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Delhi Police, Police Station Gokulpuri; Head Constable, Delhi Police, Police Station Gokulpuri (2 in record)
**Victims:** Gokulpuri man; Gokulpuri man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 3 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Delhi High Court records the following account. PS Gokulpuri staff lifted a Gokulpuri man from his jhuggi on the night of 28-29 March 1994, detained him overnight and released him with a direction to pay Rs 5,000; Constable collected the treated notes at a Gokulpuri man's house on 31 March 1994 and was caught in the CBI trap. The Special Judge convicted \[name withheld\] and Head Constable in January 2002. The Delhi High Court held the case proved beyond doubt against \[name withheld\] through the complainant, shadow witness and recovery evidence with matching notes and pink washes, and upheld his conviction and sentence in full. It acquitted \[name withheld\] on benefit of doubt as he was absent from the trap spot, and disposed of both appeals accordingly.

> As held above, the conviction and sentence of \[name withheld\] u/s 7 and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the PC Act is upheld and maintained.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/69757344/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**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:** 32
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Constable and others vs CBI
**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': \['court_quote'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Crl.A. Nos. 82 & 75/2002', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2010-11-02', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Crl.A. Nos. 82 & 75/2002', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/69757344/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**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; constable's PC Act conviction upheld, co-accused HC acquitted on benefit of doubt.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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