# CISF Sub-Inspector (Executive) vs Union of India & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 September 2020 in W.P.(C) No. 6774/2020, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, Asha Menon, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Sub-Inspector (Executive), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

- Register number: MP 28 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P.(C) No. 6774/2020 / AIRONLINE 2020 DEL 1347
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, Asha Menon, JJ.), 23 September 2020
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector (Executive), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 376(2)(c) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376(2)(f) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; Section 3(1)(w) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Even otherwise, the version of the petitioner, of inspite of reaching Chhindwara, where his wife and family was, not proceeding immediately to his home/residence but checking into a hotel, has rightly been construed by the Disciplinary Authorities as pre-planning by …” (at para 21)
- 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/156216700/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2020-0020)

**Record:** CW-2020-0020 (compiler id CWC-1193); case GAP3-43-002
**Title:** CISF Sub-Inspector (Executive) vs Union of India & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw; Asha Menon
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) No. 6774/2020 / AIRONLINE 2020 DEL 1347
**Judgment:** 2020-09-23 (2020, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2015-07-18 (2015)
**Place:** Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Chhindwara; police station or unit: CISF (posted Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh); force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 376(2)(c); IPC 376(2)(f); IPC 506; SC/ST Act 1989 s.3(2)(v); SC/ST Act 1989 s.3(1)(w)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector (Executive), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Chhindwara woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Delhi High Court records the following account. CISF Sub-Inspector (Executive) \[name withheld\] was arrested on 20.07.2015 in FIR No. 412/2015 alleging rape and criminal intimidation at Pooja Lodge, Chhindwara, while on leave from his Chhindwara posting. He was suspended, departmentally charged with pre-planned hotel booking tarnishing the force's image, producing an unauthorised identity card, and the criminal case itself, and removed from service on 26.03.2016. Though he was later acquitted in the criminal trial after the complainant turned hostile, the Delhi High Court held the disciplinary finding was one no reasonable person could fault, refused interference under Articles 226/227, and dismissed his writ petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Even otherwise, the version of the petitioner, of inspite of reaching Chhindwara, where his wife and family was, not proceeding immediately to his home/residence but checking into a hotel, has rightly been construed by the Disciplinary Authorities as pre-planning by the petitioner. In this context, we may notice that the petitioner does not dispute (a) the visit of the insurance agent / complainant, a lady, unaccompanied with her husband or anyone else, in his room in the hotel at Chhindwara; (b) the lodging of the FIR of the offence of rape and other offences; and, (c) arrest of the petitioner. From the said admitted facts and the conduct of the petitioner, notwithstanding the acquittal of the petitioner in the criminal case, order of upholding of the charge by the Disciplinary Authority cannot be said to be such which no reasonable person could have reached.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/156216700/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1048813/mukesh-gurjar-appellant-hash-union-of-india-ors-respondent/)
**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:** 21
**display title redacted:** CISF Sub-Inspector (Executive) 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': '2020-09-23', '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 2020 DEL 1347', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/156216700/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1048813/mukesh-gurjar-appellant-hash-union-of-india-ors-respondent/', '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:** Removal from CISF upheld despite criminal acquittal; sexual-misconduct discipline case.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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