# Delhi Police Constable v. State (NCT of Delhi)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 3 July 2024 in Criminal Appeal No. 597 of 2012, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Sudhanshu Dhulia, Rajesh Bindal, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable, Delhi Police (guard, Mayur Vihar Police Station).

- Register number: DL 07 CW 0020
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 597 of 2012 / 2024 INSC 462
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: Sudhanshu Dhulia, Rajesh Bindal, JJ.), 3 July 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Delhi Police (guard, Mayur Vihar Police Station)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “By no stretch of logic is it a case of any lesser magnitude, and definitely not culpable homicide not amounting to murder.” (at para 25)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment.
- 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://lawbeat.in/top-stories/man-killed-inside-police-station-supreme-court-upholds-conviction-constable); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0011)

**Record:** CW-2024-0011 (compiler id CWC-0648); case SWOTHERM-012
**Title:** Delhi Police Constable v. State (NCT of Delhi)
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Sudhanshu Dhulia; Rajesh Bindal
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 597 of 2012 / 2024 INSC 462
**Judgment:** 2024-07-03 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-06-30 (2002)
**Place:** East Delhi, Delhi; city town: Mayur Vihar; police station or unit: Mayur Vihar Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 307
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Delhi Police (guard, Mayur Vihar Police Station) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Mayur Vihar man; Mayur Vihar woman (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. On 30 June 2002, Delhi Police constable, posted as guard at Mayur Vihar Police Station, sprayed carbine fire inside the station while on duty, killing his relative a Mayur Vihar man over a personal motive and injuring a lady head constable. Convicted under Sections 302 and 307 IPC, he lost his appeal before the Delhi High Court in 2011. The Supreme Court termed it a brazen murder, rejected pleas of self-defence and grave-and-sudden provocation, dismissed the appeal and upheld the life sentence.

> By no stretch of logic is it a case of any lesser magnitude, and definitely not culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

**Sources (3):** [lawbeat.in](https://lawbeat.in/top-stories/man-killed-inside-police-station-supreme-court-upholds-conviction-constable); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/supreme-court/surender-singh-v-state-nct-of-delhi-2024-insc-462-police-guard-murder-conviction-uphel-1542714); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/6687e6f51db9582ee8e43f27)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 25
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Constable v. State (NCT of Delhi)
**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 Supreme Court of India judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2024 INSC 462', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2024-07-03', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '2024 INSC 462', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://lawbeat.in/top-stories/man-killed-inside-police-station-supreme-court-upholds-conviction-constable', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/supreme-court/surender-singh-v-state-nct-of-delhi-2024-insc-462-police-guard-murder-conviction-uphel-1542714', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/6687e6f51db9582ee8e43f27', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** SC murder-conviction ruling verified via 3+ independent reports; life sentence of on-duty constable upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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