CW-2014-0016South West, DelhiJudgment 20 January 2014

Delhi Police Inspector vs State (NCT of Delhi)

The Delhi High Court confirmed the conviction of Delhi Police Inspector [name withheld] for demanding and accepting a Rs.10,000 bribe from complainant [name withheld] for not registering a Section 325 IPC case against him. The ACB trap on 16 June 2000 at Munirka recovered the treated notes from his pant pocket, with a pink hand wash and tallied note numbers. The court held the complainant's testimony, corroborated by the panch witness and raiding officer plus the Section 20 presumption, left no reasonable doubt of criminal misconduct. It confirmed the conviction but reduced the sentence from 3 to 2 years RI on both counts given the 14-year pendency, with Section 428 benefit and surrender ordered. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 20 January 2014 in CRL.A. No. 236 of 2010, the Delhi High Court (Coram: V. K. Jain, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Inspector, DIU South-West / District Crime Cell Mayapuri, Delhi Police.

Register number
DL 09 CW 0012
Case reference
CRL.A. No. 236 of 2010
Court and date
Delhi High Court (Coram: V. K. Jain, J.), 20 January 2014
Officer(s) at the material time
Inspector, DIU South-West / District Crime Cell Mayapuri, Delhi Police
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
Finding of the Court (extract)
“The appellant committed offence punishable under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 since being a public servant he accepted from the complainant gratification other than legal remuneration as a motive or reward for refraining from registering a case …” (at para 14)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 2 years.
Present status of the proceedings
Supreme Court of India, 2 May 2024: appeal pending.

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The Delhi High Court judgment dated 20 January 2014 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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OtherPrimary
Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“The appellant committed offence punishable under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 since being a public servant he accepted from the complainant gratification other than legal remuneration as a motive or reward for refraining from registering a case …” (para 14)

Institutional response

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Date not established

Conviction

Concluded
Trial court (as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment) External · Binding

The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment.

Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: CRL.A. No. 236 of 2010
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20 Jan 2014

Order issued

Concluded
Delhi High Court External · Binding

The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.

Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: CRL.A. No. 236 of 2010
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2 May 2024

Appeal pending

Pending
Supreme Court of India External · Binding

As of 2 May 2024, an appeal arising from this judgment was pending before the Supreme Court of India (officers: [name withheld]); the judgment's findings had not been set aside on that date.

Source: Order Law
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Follow-up history

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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))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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