# Delhi Resident v. \[name withheld\] (DCP) & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 December 2021 in CONT.CAS(C) 480/2020 & CM APPL. 25054/2020, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Najmi Waziri, J.) recorded the conviction of the Sub-Inspector, PS Maurya Enclave, Delhi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 15,000.

- Register number: DL 08 CW 0020
- Case reference: CONT.CAS(C) 480/2020 & CM APPL. 25054/2020 / 2021 SCC OnLine Del 5574
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Najmi Waziri, J.), 7 December 2021
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, PS Maurya Enclave, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971; Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The court has already held R-3 guilty of committing contempt of court. He arrested the petitioner in breach of directions passed by the Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar Vs State of Bihar, Criminal Appeal No. 1277/2014.” (at para 1)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.003 years. Compensation: Rs 15,000.
- 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://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/1-rakesh-kumar-v-vijayanta-arya-7-dec-2021-412063.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2021-0022)

**Record:** CW-2021-0022 (compiler id CWC-0795); case GAP2-20-001
**Title:** Delhi Resident v. \[name withheld\] (DCP) & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Najmi Waziri
**Case number / citation:** CONT.CAS(C) 480/2020 & CM APPL. 25054/2020 / 2021 SCC OnLine Del 5574
**Judgment:** 2021-12-07 (2021, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2020-08-23 (2020)
**Place:** North West, Delhi; city town: Delhi; police station or unit: PS Maurya Enclave; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** Contempt of Courts Act 1971; CrPC s.41A; IPC 406; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, PS Maurya Enclave, Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.003 yrs; Rs 15,000
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Delhi High Court held Delhi Police Sub-Inspector of PS Maurya Enclave guilty of criminal contempt for arresting petitioner \[name withheld\] on 23 August 2020 without serving Section 41A CrPC notice, in breach of the Supreme Court's Arnesh Kumar guidelines. The court found the arrest illegal since only Sections 406/34 IPC (maximum 3 years) were alleged, and the petitioner suffered 11 days incarceration before bail. The court rejected the officer's belated apology as showing no contrition and held his highhandedness violated the petitioner's Article 21 liberty. It sentenced him to one day simple imprisonment with Rs.2,000 fine and Rs.15,000 costs to the petitioner, keeping sentence in abeyance for two months to allow challenge. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The court has already held R-3 guilty of committing contempt of court. He arrested the petitioner in breach of directions passed by the Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar Vs State of Bihar, Criminal Appeal No. 1277/2014.

**Sources (4):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/1-rakesh-kumar-v-vijayanta-arya-7-dec-2021-412063.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/arrest-in-breach-of-arnesh-kumar-guidelines-delhi-high-court-sentences-police-officer-to-one-day-imprisonment-188694); [blog.scconline.gen.in](https://blog.scconline.gen.in/post/2022/01/05/arrest-incarceration-destroys-a-person-and-affects-innocent-relatives/); [sabrangindia.in](https://sabrangindia.in/delhi-hc-sends-police-officer-prison-day-violating-arnesh-kumar-guidelines/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**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:** 1
**display title redacted:** Delhi Resident v. \[name withheld\] (DCP) & 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': '2021-12-07', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2021 SCC OnLine Del 5574', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/1-rakesh-kumar-v-vijayanta-arya-7-dec-2021-412063.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/arrest-in-breach-of-arnesh-kumar-guidelines-delhi-high-court-sentences-police-officer-to-one-day-imprisonment-188694', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://blog.scconline.gen.in/post/2022/01/05/arrest-incarceration-destroys-a-person-and-affects-innocent-relatives/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sabrangindia.in/delhi-hc-sends-police-officer-prison-day-violating-arnesh-kumar-guidelines/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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:** HC contempt conviction verified; SI sentenced to 1-day SI plus fine and costs for illegal arrest.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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