# Ram Niwas vs Union of India & Ors.; Raj Singh vs Union of India & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 August 2023 in W.P.(C) 8139/2010 & W.P.(C) 8141/2010, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Suresh Kumar Kait, Neena Bansal Krishna, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Ram Niwas (Constable); Raj Singh (Constable).

- Register number: DL 03 CW 0025
- Case reference: W.P.(C) 8139/2010 & W.P.(C) 8141/2010
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Suresh Kumar Kait, Neena Bansal Krishna, JJ.), 1 August 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Ram Niwas (Constable); Raj Singh (Constable)
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The acquittal of delinquent in a criminal case cannot by itself result in reinstatement in service of the petitioner who had been punished in the Departmental proceedings with a dismissal.” (at para 19)
- 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/78613085/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0019)

**Record:** CW-2023-0019 (compiler id CWC-0126); case DELHI-035
**Title:** Ram Niwas vs Union of India & Ors.; Raj Singh vs Union of India & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Suresh Kumar Kait; Neena Bansal Krishna
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) 8139/2010 & W.P.(C) 8141/2010
**Judgment:** 2023-08-01 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1998-09-06 (1998)
**Place:** South East Delhi, Delhi; city town: Tughlakabad; police station or unit: Railway Protection Force, Tughlakabad railway station; force: railway
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.8; PC Act 1988 s.13
**Officers (gated display forms):** Ram Niwas (Constable); Raj Singh (Constable) (2 in record)
**Victims:** Tughlakabad resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petitions of two RPF constables posted at Tughlakabad railway station and sustained their removal from service for bribery. The Court noted they were caught in a Delhi ACB trap on 6 September 1998 accepting Rs 8,000 from complainant \[name withheld\] (FIR 35/98) and were removed after an RPF departmental enquiry in 2003, affirmed on appeal and review. Though a Special Judge acquitted them in the criminal trial in 2010, the Court held the acquittal was a benefit-of-doubt one giving no clean chit. It ruled that a dismissal founded on independent departmental findings on preponderance of probabilities cannot be undone by such an acquittal. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The acquittal of delinquent in a criminal case cannot by itself result in reinstatement in service of the petitioner who had been punished in the Departmental proceedings with a dismissal.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/78613085/)
**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:** 19
**display title redacted:** Ram Niwas vs Union of India & Ors.; Raj Singh 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2023-08-01', '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': 'W.P.(C) 8139/2010 & W.P.(C) 8141/2010', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/78613085/', '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 judgment text verified on Indian Kanoon; both writs dismissed, RPF removals sustained.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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