# Haryana Police Exemptee Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Haryana and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 August 2022 in CWP No. 18431 of 2018 (O&M), the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Jaishree Thakur, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Exemptee Assistant Sub-Inspector, Haryana Police, Faridabad.

- Register number: HR 29 CW 0004
- Case reference: CWP No. 18431 of 2018 (O&M)
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Jaishree Thakur, J.), 18 August 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time: Exemptee Assistant Sub-Inspector, Haryana Police, Faridabad
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The departmental authorities took into account the fact that there was recovery of tainted currency notes from the petitioner, shadow witness supported the case and the hands of the petitioner when washed with sodium carbonate solution turned pink which would …” (at para 10)
- 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/152582255/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2022-0016)

**Record:** CW-2022-0016 (compiler id CWC-0168); case HARYAN-014
**Title:** Haryana Police Exemptee Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Haryana and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Jaishree Thakur
**Case number / citation:** CWP No. 18431 of 2018 (O&M)
**Judgment:** 2022-08-18 (2022, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-07-11 (2011)
**Place:** Faridabad, Haryana; city town: Faridabad; police station or unit: Haryana Police, Faridabad; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7
**Officers (gated display forms):** Exemptee Assistant Sub-Inspector, Haryana Police, Faridabad (1 in record)
**Victims:** Faridabad man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed CWP 18431 of 2018 and upheld the dismissal of EASI \[name withheld\] of Faridabad, trapped by the Vigilance Department on 11 July 2011 accepting eight marked Rs 500 notes from complainant \[name withheld\]. The Court found a shadow witness watched the exchange, tainted notes were recovered from his pocket, and his hand-wash turned pink, leading DCP HQ Faridabad to dismiss him on 4 July 2013 after a regular enquiry. Though the Special Judge acquitted him in 2016 after the complainant turned hostile, the Court held the departmental proof stood and Rule 16.3 bar did not apply where witnesses were won over. The appeal, revision and mercy petition rejections were left undisturbed.

> The departmental authorities took into account the fact that there was recovery of tainted currency notes from the petitioner, shadow witness supported the case and the hands of the petitioner when washed with sodium carbonate solution turned pink which would be a positive affirmation of receipt of bribe.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/152582255/)
**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:** 10
**display title redacted:** Haryana Police Exemptee Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Haryana and Others
**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': '2022-08-18', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Punjab and Haryana High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'CWP No. 18431 of 2018 (O&M)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/152582255/', '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:** P&H HC judgment verified; trap-proved bribe dismissal upheld despite complainant turning hostile.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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