# Ex. Const. Satbir Singh and Anr. vs National Capital Territory of Delhi

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 December 2014 in W.P.(C) No. 196/2003, the Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Ravindra Bhat, Vipin Sanghi, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Satbir Singh (Constable); Constable, P.S. Badarpur.

- Register number: DL 03 CW 0021
- Case reference: W.P.(C) No. 196/2003
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Ravindra Bhat, Vipin Sanghi, JJ.), 22 December 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Satbir Singh (Constable); Constable, P.S. Badarpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “For these reasons, the Court sees no merit in the writ petition, which is accordingly dismissed.” (at para 26)
- 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/197684988/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0013)

**Record:** CW-2014-0013 (compiler id CWC-0119); case DELHI-028
**Title:** Ex. Const. Satbir Singh and Anr. vs National Capital Territory of Delhi
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: S. Ravindra Bhat; Vipin Sanghi
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) No. 196/2003
**Judgment:** 2014-12-22 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1991-01-14 (1991)
**Place:** South East Delhi, Delhi; city town: Badarpur; police station or unit: P.S. Badarpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Satbir Singh (Constable); Constable, P.S. Badarpur (2 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition of two ex-constables and sustained their dismissal for misappropriating recovered case property. On patrol from P.S. Badarpur on 14 January 1991, they caught a thief and recovered Rs 1,38,000 but deposited only Rs 56,200, pocketing the rest; though acquitted in the criminal trial in 1999, a joint departmental enquiry had held misappropriation established and both were dismissed in October 1999. The Court held the departmental proceedings were properly initiated under Rule 12 of the Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeal) Rules despite the acquittal, found no prejudice from document non-supply, and upheld the CAT order dismissing their challenge.

> For these reasons, the Court sees no merit in the writ petition, which is accordingly dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/197684988/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**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:** 26
**display title redacted:** Ex. Const. Satbir Singh and Anr. vs National Capital Territory of Delhi
**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': '2014-12-22', '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. 196/2003', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/197684988/', '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:** Delhi HC judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; dismissal for misappropriation of recovered cash sustained.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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