# New Delhi Woman vs Commissioner of Police & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 April 2017 in W.P.(C) 5810/2015, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Vipin Sanghi, Deepa Sharma, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 07 CW 0017
- Case reference: W.P.(C) 5810/2015
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Vipin Sanghi, Deepa Sharma, JJ.), 17 April 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: the Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In our view, the aforesaid does not impinge on the credibility of the complainant PW-3 \[name withheld\]. This is for the reason that both Constable \[name withheld\] and Constable \[name withheld\] had together proceeded to the residence of PW-3 \[name …” (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/107705031/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0020)

**Record:** CW-2017-0020 (compiler id CWC-1191); case GAP3-42-006
**Title:** New Delhi Woman vs Commissioner of Police & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Vipin Sanghi; Deepa Sharma
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) 5810/2015
**Judgment:** 2017-04-17 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2006-06-20 (2006)
**Place:** East Delhi, Delhi; city town: New Delhi; police station or unit: PS Shakarpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** extortion
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules 1980
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** New Delhi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Delhi High Court (Vipin Sanghi and Deepa Sharma, JJ.) on 17 April 2017 dismissed the writ petition of Smt. Kusum Chaudhary, widow of Delhi Police Constable, and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that on 20 June 2006 he and a co-delinquent picked up a New Delhi man as a proclaimed offender and, though the Additional SHO ordered his release, demanded and took Rs. 20,000 for the release, with further recorded demands thereafter. It held the complainant's credibility unimpeached and corroborated by a neighbour witness, sustained the serious-misconduct finding, and refused family pension and arrears. The dismissal order dated 2 March 2007 was thus confirmed through appeal, Tribunal and High Court.

> In our view, the aforesaid does not impinge on the credibility of the complainant PW-3 \[name withheld\]. This is for the reason that both Constable \[name withheld\] and Constable \[name withheld\] had together proceeded to the residence of PW-3 \[name withheld\] and they were together when the demand for Rs.25,000/- was made.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/107705031/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** extortion
**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:** New Delhi Woman vs Commissioner of Police & Ors.
**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': '2017-04-17', '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) 5810/2015', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/107705031/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** extortion
**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:** Dismissal of constable for extorting money for release upheld; widow's pension plea refused.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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