# Delhi Police Head Constable vs State

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## Report card

By judgment dated 30 January 2014 in Crl.A. No. 99/2000, the Delhi High Court (Coram: S.P. Garg, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Head Constable, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 05 CW 0015
- Case reference: Crl.A. No. 99/2000 / (2014) 1 ILR 773
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: S.P. Garg, J.), 30 January 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Instead of using the official weapon for the purpose it was issued, he associated with criminals and went to the spot where there was quarrel over sharing of money among the two groups. The appellant had direct nexus with the …” (at para 8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 3 years.
- 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/51794509/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0017)

**Record:** CW-2014-0017 (compiler id CWC-1183); case GAP3-41-001
**Title:** Delhi Police Head Constable vs State
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: S.P. Garg
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. No. 99/2000 / (2014) 1 ILR 773
**Judgment:** 2014-01-30 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-05-12 (1996)
**Place:** North East Delhi, Delhi (district at time: East Delhi); city town: Shahdara; police station or unit: Police Station Seema Puri; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 307; IPC 34; Arms Act 1959 s.27
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Shahdara man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 3 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Delhi High Court records the following account. Delhi Police Head Constable fired his issued 9mm service revolver at a Shahdara man during a late-night quarrel between two groups near Shahdara on 12 May 1996, inflicting a bullet injury that hospitalised the victim for several days. The Sessions Court convicted him under Section 307/34 IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act in January 1999 while acquitting his two co-accused. The Delhi High Court held he had misused his official weapon, fired at a vital organ without reasonable apprehension and fled, and that he deserved no leniency given his nexus with criminals. It affirmed the conviction and sentence, dismissed the appeal and directed him to surrender on 6 February 2014 to serve the remaining sentence.

> Instead of using the official weapon for the purpose it was issued, he associated with criminals and went to the spot where there was quarrel over sharing of money among the two groups. The appellant had direct nexus with the individuals having criminal background and assisted them in their fight against the other.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/51794509/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/404440/liyakat-ali-appellant-hash-state-respondent/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Head Constable vs State
**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': 'wrong_facts', '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': '(2014) 1 ILR 773', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2014-01-30', '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': '(2014) 1 ILR 773', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/51794509/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/404440/liyakat-ali-appellant-hash-state-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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; s.307/Arms Act conviction for service-weapon shooting sustained.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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