# Delhi Police Constable vs Union of India & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 September 2017 in W.P.(C) 4577/2017, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Rekha Palli, Vipin Sanghi, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Constable, Special Staff, North East District, Delhi Police; Police personnel, Special Staff, North East District, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 05 CW 0018
- Case reference: W.P.(C) 4577/2017
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Rekha Palli, Vipin Sanghi, JJ.), 21 September 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Special Staff, North East District, Delhi Police; Police personnel, Special Staff, North East District, 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): “Having examined the record, including the findings of the Enquiry Officer and the order passed by Disciplinary Authority, we do not find that this is a case of 'no evidence'. In fact, we find that there was sufficient evidence before …” (at para 20)
- 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/51246669/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0033)

**Record:** CW-2017-0033 (compiler id CWC-1189); case GAP3-42-004
**Title:** Delhi Police Constable vs Union of India & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Rekha Palli; Vipin Sanghi
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) 4577/2017
**Judgment:** 2017-09-21 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-04-15 (1996)
**Place:** North East Delhi, Delhi; city town: New Delhi; police station or unit: Special Staff, North East District; 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, Special Staff, North East District, Delhi Police; Police personnel, Special Staff, North East District, Delhi Police (2 in record)
**Victims:** New Delhi man; New Delhi man; New Delhi man (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Delhi High Court (Rekha Palli and Vipin Sanghi, JJ.) on 21 September 2017 dismissed the writ petition of Delhi Police Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that on 15 April 1996 a four-man Special Staff team including the petitioner illegally picked up shopkeeper \[name withheld\] and his two servants on a false accusation of manufacturing spurious cold drinks, demanded Rs. 50,000, and released them on 16 April 1996 after receiving Rs. 30,000 as bribe. It held this was not a case of no evidence, finding the uncontroverted statement of complainant \[name withheld\] alone sufficient to hold the charges proved, and saw no infirmity in the Tribunal's order. The petitioner had been dismissed on 7 November 1997 after a joint departmental enquiry rejected his alibi defence. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Having examined the record, including the findings of the Enquiry Officer and the order passed by Disciplinary Authority, we do not find that this is a case of 'no evidence'. In fact, we find that there was sufficient evidence before the Enquiry Officer to hold the Petitioner guilty of the charge levelled against him.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/51246669/)
**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:** 20
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Constable vs Union of India & 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': '2017-09-21', '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) 4577/2017', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/51246669/', '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 for illegal detention and Rs.30,000 bribe upheld; charges held proved on evidence.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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