# Delhi Police Assistant Commissioner of Police (SHO at the time) vs Union of India & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 February 2011 in W.P.(C) No.18511/2004, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Anil Kumar, Veena Birbal, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Assistant Commissioner of Police (SHO at the time), Police Station Subzi Mandi, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 06 CW 0017
- Case reference: W.P.(C) No.18511/2004
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Anil Kumar, Veena Birbal, JJ.), 21 February 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Commissioner of Police (SHO at the time), Police Station Subzi Mandi, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “no grounds to interfere with the order of the Tribunal dated 10th February, 2004 in O.A No.1855/2003” (at para 20)
- 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/27577082/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0024)

**Record:** CW-2011-0024 (compiler id CWC-0675); case GAP7-001
**Title:** Delhi Police Assistant Commissioner of Police (SHO at the time) vs Union of India & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Anil Kumar; Veena Birbal
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) No.18511/2004
**Judgment:** 2011-02-21 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1980-08-06 (1980)
**Place:** Central Delhi, Delhi; city town: Subzi Mandi; police station or unit: Police Station Subzi Mandi; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Commissioner of Police (SHO at the time), Police Station Subzi Mandi, Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Subzi Mandi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

In August 1980, a Subzi Mandi man @ a Subzi Mandi man was illegally detained at Andha Mughal police post under PS Subzi Mandi and died in custody on 6 August 1980; other personnel were convicted for the custodial death while the then SHO's role was pursued departmentally. The Court held the petitioner, as SHO, had knowledge of the illegal detention, took no action, and was instrumental in showing the death as suicide to hush up the matter. Finding grave misconduct and a proportionate penalty, it dismissed the writ against the CAT order, leaving intact the 50% permanent pension cut and 50% gratuity forfeiture imposed under the CCS (Pension) Rules after his 1997 superannuation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> no grounds to interfere with the order of the Tribunal dated 10th February, 2004 in O.A No.1855/2003

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27577082/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**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:** Delhi Police Assistant Commissioner of Police (SHO at the time) vs Union of India & 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2011-02-21', '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': 'W.P.(C) No.18511/2004', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27577082/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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; 50% pension cut plus 50% gratuity forfeiture for SHO's custodial-death cover-up role upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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