# Delhi Police Constable v. State of Delhi

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## Report card

By judgment dated 27 April 2026 in CRL.A. 862/2004, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Chandrasekharan Sudha, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable, Police Station Mehrauli, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 03 CW 0033
- Case reference: CRL.A. 862/2004 / 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 428
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Chandrasekharan Sudha, J.), 27 April 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Police Station Mehrauli, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the present case, once the demand and acceptance stand duly proved from the cogent testimony of PW5 coupled with the recovery of the tainted currency, the statutory presumption under Section 20 of the PC Act stands invoked and shifts …” (at para 24)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 1 year.
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/04/27/76027042026crla8622004151433-670237.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0018)

**Record:** CW-2026-0018 (compiler id CWC-0100); case SWBRIBER-001; aliases: CWC-1460
**Title:** Delhi Police Constable v. State of Delhi
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Chandrasekharan Sudha
**Case number / citation:** CRL.A. 862/2004 / 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 428
**Judgment:** 2026-04-27 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1994-07-26 (1994)
**Place:** South Delhi, Delhi; city town: Mehrauli; police station or unit: Police Station Mehrauli; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Police Station Mehrauli, Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Mehrauli man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Delhi High Court dismissed Constable's appeal and upheld his conviction by the Special Judge, Delhi (C.C. No. 56/1998) under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Court found that on 26 July 1994, while posted at Police Station Mehrauli, he demanded and accepted Rs. 1,000 from a Mehrauli man for returning an identity card seized during checking, and was caught in an Anti-Corruption Branch trap. It held the non-examination of the untraceable complainant was not fatal since the panch witness proved demand and acceptance, drawing support from Neeraj Dutta. The Court upheld the sanction granted by the Additional DCP and confirmed one year's rigorous imprisonment on each count with fine, to run concurrently. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the present case, once the demand and acceptance stand duly proved from the cogent testimony of PW5 coupled with the recovery of the tainted currency, the statutory presumption under Section 20 of the PC Act stands invoked and shifts the burden upon the accused. However, the accused has failed to discharge the said burden as no plausible or probable explanation has been furnished to rebut the presumption, thereby leaving the prosecution case unrebutted.

**Sources (4):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/04/27/76027042026crla8622004151433-670237.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-upholds-police-constables-conviction-for-accepting-1000-bribe-32-years-ago-531963); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/173170880/); [courtbook.in](https://courtbook.in/posts/delhi-hc-constable-bribery-conviction-upheld)
**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:** 24
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Constable v. State 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 Delhi High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2026 LiveLaw (Del) 428', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2026-04-27', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '2026 LiveLaw (Del) 428', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/04/27/76027042026crla8622004151433-670237.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-upholds-police-constables-conviction-for-accepting-1000-bribe-32-years-ago-531963', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/173170880/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://courtbook.in/posts/delhi-hc-constable-bribery-conviction-upheld', '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 PDF verified; constable's ss.7/13 PC Act conviction and 1-yr sentence upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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