# Delhi Police Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 October 2017 in W.P.(C) 8939/2017, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Vipin Sanghi, Rekha Palli, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 02 CW 0014
- Case reference: W.P.(C) 8939/2017
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Vipin Sanghi, Rekha Palli, JJ.), 11 October 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Rule 12 of the Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980
- Finding of the Court (extract): “For all the aforesaid reasons, we are of the view that the impugned judgment does not call for interference and the present petition is, accordingly, dismissed.” (at para 34)
- 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/127404609/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0034)

**Record:** CW-2017-0034 (compiler id CWC-1186); case GAP3-42-001
**Title:** Delhi Police Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Vipin Sanghi; Rekha Palli
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) 8939/2017
**Judgment:** 2017-10-11 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2009-01-01 (2009)
**Place:** New Delhi, Delhi; city town: New Delhi; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13; Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules 1980 r.12
**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 Rekha Palli, JJ.) on 11 October 2017 dismissed the writ petition of Delhi Police Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court noted he had been trapped and caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Branch accepting Rs. 3,000 as bribe after demanding Rs. 7,000 to stop harassing the complainant's brother (FIR No. 41/2009). A departmental enquiry examining six prosecution witnesses held the charge proved beyond any shadow of doubt, leading to dismissal on 7 March 2013. The court held his later criminal acquittal was on benefit of doubt and not honourable, so it did not entitle him to reinstatement under Rule 12 of the Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980. Incident date year-only in judgment; recorded as 2009-01-01. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> For all the aforesaid reasons, we are of the view that the impugned judgment does not call for interference and the present petition is, accordingly, dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/127404609/)
**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:** 34
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & 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': '2017-10-11', '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) 8939/2017', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/127404609/', '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:** Dismissal of Delhi Police constable for bribe-taking upheld; criminal acquittal held not honourable.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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