27 Jan 2012
Order issued
ConcludedThe Delhi High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: W.P.(C) No. 301 of 2012
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CW-2012-0023South Delhi, DelhiJudgment 27 January 2012
Mahender Singh vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.
The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition of Delhi Police Head Constable Mahender Singh and upheld his removal from service for corrupt practice, holding the enquiry had proved that on 19 February 2008 he stopped a vigilance-decoy vehicle at Aaya Nagar picket for a seat-belt violation, settled the Rs 1,200 challan for a Rs 200 bribe, and had Constable collect the marked notes, which were recovered from [name withheld]'s pocket by the vigilance team on camera. The Court rejected the objection under Rule 15(2) of the Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, holding that proceeding departmentally rather than by criminal trial under Sections 7/13(1)(d) of the PC Act was comparatively favourable to him and caused no prejudice. It held the removal penalty was not disproportionate and agreed that a police official indulging in such corrupt activities needs to be weeded out of the force. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 27 January 2012 in W.P.(C) No. 301 of 2012, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Badar Durrez Ahmed, V.K. Jain, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Mahender Singh (Head Constable); Constable, Delhi Police.
- Register number
- DL 03 CW 0015
- Case reference
- W.P.(C) No. 301 of 2012
- Court and date
- Delhi High Court (Coram: Badar Durrez Ahmed, V.K. Jain, JJ.), 27 January 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Mahender Singh (Head Constable); Constable, Delhi Police
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Rule 15(2) of the Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “We are in agreement with the view that a police official indulging into such corrupt activities should not be allowed to continue in service and needs to be weeded out from the police force.” (at para 10)
- 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.
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Current position
The Delhi High Court judgment dated 27 January 2012 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“We are in agreement with the view that a police official indulging into such corrupt activities should not be allowed to continue in service and needs to be weeded out from the police force.” (para 10)
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
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