# Delhi Police Constable (Mounted) vs Commissioner of Police & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 April 2019 in W.P.(C) 4420/2019, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Vipin Sanghi, Rekha Palli, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable (Mounted), Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 06 CW 0031
- Case reference: W.P.(C) 4420/2019 / AIRONLINE 2019 DEL 642
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Vipin Sanghi, Rekha Palli, JJ.), 29 April 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable (Mounted), Delhi Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Rule 8(a) of the Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1980; Rule 10 of the Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1980; Rule 12 of the Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1980
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We find that the petitioner has been held to be guilty of the charges of outraging the modesty of a woman, and remaining absent from duty by a duly constituted inquiry, where he was given due opportunity to cross-examine all …” (at para 8)
- 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/129495196/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0030)

**Record:** CW-2019-0030 (compiler id CWC-1194); case GAP3-43-003
**Title:** Delhi Police Constable (Mounted) vs Commissioner of Police & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Vipin Sanghi; Rekha Palli
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) 4420/2019 / AIRONLINE 2019 DEL 642
**Judgment:** 2019-04-29 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-03-01 (2011)
**Place:** Central Delhi, Delhi; city town: Delhi; police station or unit: PS Civil Lines; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 354; IPC 34; Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeal) Rules 1980 r.8(a); Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeal) Rules 1980 r.10; Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeal) Rules 1980 r.12
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable (Mounted), Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Delhi High Court records the following account. Delhi Police Constable (Mounted) \[name withheld\] faced a departmental inquiry from April 2011 for outraging the modesty of a woman constable and absence from duty, with FIR No. 42/2011 under Sections 354/34 IPC registered at PS Civil Lines against him and two other police officers. Found guilty departmentally, he was dismissed from service on 28.08.2012, lost his departmental appeal in April 2013, and lost before the CAT in September 2018, though acquitted in the criminal trial in May 2018. The Delhi High Court held the criminal acquittal was not clean and on merits so as to bar departmental proceedings under Rule 12, found he played the main role in the incident, and dismissed his writ petition as meritless. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We find that the petitioner has been held to be guilty of the charges of outraging the modesty of a woman, and remaining absent from duty by a duly constituted inquiry, where he was given due opportunity to cross-examine all the witnesses, including the complainant, who had, in no uncertain terms, stated the manner in which the petitioner had caught hold of her inappropriately. There is absolutely no reason to interfere with the well considered findings of the IO in the departmental inquiry or with the findings of the Disciplinary Authority and the Appellate Authority.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/129495196/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/984977/pawan-kumar-vs-commissioner-of-police-ors/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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 Constable (Mounted) 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': '2019-04-29', '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': 'AIRONLINE 2019 DEL 642', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/129495196/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/984977/pawan-kumar-vs-commissioner-of-police-ors/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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 outraging modesty of woman constable upheld despite later criminal acquittal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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