# Delhi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs C.B.I.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 September 2021 in CRL.A. 289/2001, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Anu Malhotra, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Post Shanti Nagar, P.S. Keshav Puram, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 08 CW 0019
- Case reference: CRL.A. 289/2001 / AIRONLINE 2021 DEL 1636
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Anu Malhotra, J.), 15 September 2021
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Post Shanti Nagar, P.S. Keshav Puram, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 186 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 511 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 224 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 332 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “There is thus, no infirmity in the impugned judgment convicting the appellant for the commission of the offences punishable under Sections 7 & 13(2) r/w Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.” (at para 77)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 3 years.
- Present status of the proceedings: Supreme Court of India, 25 October 2021: appeal pending.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/176557525/); [Supreme Court of India order](https://order.law/api/pdf/SCIN010237932021?order=4r4wi); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2021-0007)

**Record:** CW-2021-0007 (compiler id CWC-0103); case SWBRIBER-006
**Title:** Delhi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs C.B.I.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Anu Malhotra
**Case number / citation:** CRL.A. 289/2001 / AIRONLINE 2021 DEL 1636
**Judgment:** 2021-09-15 (2021, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-06-15 (1996)
**Place:** North West Delhi, Delhi; city town: Keshav Puram; police station or unit: Police Post Shanti Nagar, P.S. Keshav Puram, Delhi Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d); PC Act 1988 s.13(2); IPC 186; IPC 201; IPC 511; IPC 224; IPC 332; IPC 353
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Post Shanti Nagar, P.S. Keshav Puram, Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Keshav Puram man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 3 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Delhi High Court dismissed ASI 's appeal and sustained his CBI-trap conviction, withdrawing bail granted in 2001 and ordering him taken into custody forthwith. The court found that while investigating a kidnapping complaint against a Keshav Puram man, he demanded Rs 10,000 reduced to Rs 5,000 on 15 June 1996 threatening arrest even though the couple had married with family consent; he accepted the tainted notes, then assaulted CBI officers, smashed the hand-wash glass and fled to the police-post roof before recapture. The court held demand, acceptance and recovery proved by the shadow witness and trap party despite minor variations. The concurrent sentences under the PC Act and IPC provisions, with a maximum of 3 years simple imprisonment, were sustained. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> There is thus, no infirmity in the impugned judgment convicting the appellant for the commission of the offences punishable under Sections 7 & 13(2) r/w Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/176557525/); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/20-years-after-granting-bail-delhi-high-court-upholds-conviction-of-cop-in-bribery-case)
**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:** 77
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs C.B.I.
**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': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'AIRONLINE 2021 DEL 1636', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2021-09-15', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'AIRONLINE 2021 DEL 1636', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2021-10-25', 'action_type': 'Appeal pending', 'status': 'Pending', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': "As of 25 October 2021, an appeal arising from this judgment was pending before the Supreme Court of India (officers: \[name withheld\]); the judgment's findings had not been set aside on that date.", 'disposition': 'Later proceeding · Appeal pending', 'source': 'https://order.law/api/pdf/SCIN010237932021?order=4r4wi', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**later proceedings:** {'court': 'Supreme Court of India', 'date': '2021-10-25', 'url': 'https://order.law/api/pdf/SCIN010237932021?order=4r4wi', 'outcome': 'pending_appeal'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/176557525/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/20-years-after-granting-bail-delhi-high-court-upholds-conviction-of-cop-in-bribery-case', '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:** Delhi HC dismissed appeal, sustained PC Act + IPC convictions; withdrew 2001 bail, custody forthwith.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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