# UT Police Constable vs Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 October 2023 in CWP-37381-2018, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Deepak Sibal, Sukhvinder Kaur, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, UT Police Chandigarh.

- Register number: CH 01 CW 0016
- Case reference: CWP-37381-2018 / 2023:PHHC:137380-DB
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Deepak Sibal, Sukhvinder Kaur, JJ.), 19 October 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, UT Police Chandigarh
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It has also been rightly observed by the Tribunal that a perusal of the allegations proved and the penalty imposed upon the petitioner will show, that the same is not excessive and it cannot be said that it pricks the …” (at para 15)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: fine.
- 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/103983903/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0030)

**Record:** CW-2023-0030 (compiler id CWC-0060); case CHANDI-006
**Title:** UT Police Constable vs Union of India and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Deepak Sibal; Sukhvinder Kaur
**Case number / citation:** CWP-37381-2018 / 2023:PHHC:137380-DB
**Judgment:** 2023-10-19 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2012-07-25 (2012)
**Place:** Chandigarh, Chandigarh; city town: Chandigarh; police station or unit: Night patrolling, Sector-20/Aroma Light Point; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, UT Police Chandigarh (1 in record)
**Victims:** Chandigarh woman; Chandigarh man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** fine
**Sentence type:** fine (fine)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court (Sukhvinder Kaur, J., Deepak Sibal, J. concurring) dismissed the writ of Chandigarh Police constable, upholding the stoppage of 10 annual increments with permanent effect (reduced by the DIG from 15). On the intervening night of 25/26 July 2012, Kumar and fellow patrol constable stopped and harassed a couple near Aroma Light Point, Sector-20, and took Rs. 300 illegal gratification, later returned to the complainant's friend. No criminal Prevention of Corruption Act prosecution was involved; culpability is departmental only, concurrently confirmed by the disciplinary, appellate and revisional authorities, the Central Administrative Tribunal and the High Court, which held the penalty not excessive. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It has also been rightly observed by the Tribunal that a perusal of the allegations proved and the penalty imposed upon the petitioner will show, that the same is not excessive and it cannot be said that it pricks the conscience of a prudent man, considering the fact that a protector of law chose to violate the law himself, by demanding illegal gratification and causing harassment.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/103983903/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/punjab-and-haryana-high-court/punjab-haryana-high-court-upholds-punishment-stopping-fifteen-annual-increment-constable-takes-rs-300-bribe-241323); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/pardeep-kumar-v-union-of-india-and-otherswatermark-1556597.pdf)
**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:** 15
**display title redacted:** UT Police Constable vs Union of India 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': '2023-10-19', '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': '2023:PHHC:137380-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/103983903/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/punjab-and-haryana-high-court/punjab-haryana-high-court-upholds-punishment-stopping-fifteen-annual-increment-constable-takes-rs-300-bribe-241323', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/pardeep-kumar-v-union-of-india-and-otherswatermark-1556597.pdf', '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:** Primary judgment verified: Rs 300 bribe, increment-stoppage penalty upheld; departmental only, no PC Act trial.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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