# Delhi Police Inspector vs State (NCT of Delhi)

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/73328502/); [Supreme Court of India order](https://order.law/api/pdf/SCIN010040682014?order=5hcyd); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0016)

**Record:** CW-2014-0016 (compiler id CWC-0792); case GAP2-19-003
**Title:** Delhi Police Inspector vs State (NCT of Delhi)
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: V. K. Jain
**Case number / citation:** CRL.A. No. 236 of 2010
**Judgment:** 2014-01-20 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-06-16 (2000)
**Place:** South West, Delhi; city town: Delhi; police station or unit: District Crime Cell Mayapuri; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector, DIU South-West / District Crime Cell Mayapuri, Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 2 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

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.

> 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 under Section 325 IPC against him.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/73328502/)
**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:** 14
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Inspector vs State (NCT 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': \[\]}
**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. No. 236 of 2010', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2014-01-20', '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. No. 236 of 2010', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2024-05-02', 'action_type': 'Appeal pending', 'status': 'Pending', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': "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.", 'disposition': 'Later proceeding · Appeal pending', 'source': 'https://order.law/api/pdf/SCIN010040682014?order=5hcyd', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**later proceedings:** {'court': 'Supreme Court of India', 'date': '2024-05-02', 'url': 'https://order.law/api/pdf/SCIN010040682014?order=5hcyd', 'outcome': 'pending_appeal'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/73328502/', '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; Inspector bribery conviction confirmed, sentence reduced 3 to 2 years RI.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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