Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: CRL.A. 582/2003
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CW-2026-0044North West, DelhiJudgment 29 January 2026
Delhi Police Sub-Inspector v. State (CBI)
The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal of Delhi Police Sub-Inspector of PS Ashok Vihar and sustained his Tis Hazari conviction for demanding and accepting a Rs.2,000 bribe in Crime No.204/96, caught in a CBI trap on 23 April 1996. The court relied on the independent witness account of marked currency falling from upstairs and the pink phenolphthalein hand-wash test, holding there was no material to doubt the prosecution case. It held the complainant's other complaints were no ground to disbelieve him and that investigation by an unauthorised officer did not vitiate the trial absent prejudice. The appellant died on 2 October 2022 so the substantive sentence (6 months plus 1 year SI with fines) stands abated under Section 394(2) CrPC, but the conviction was upheld on merits with fine surviving. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 29 January 2026 in CRL.A. 582/2003, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Chandrasekharan Sudha, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Sub-Inspector, PS Ashok Vihar, Delhi Police.
- Register number
- DL 08 CW 0023
- Case reference
- CRL.A. 582/2003
- Court and date
- Delhi High Court (Coram: Chandrasekharan Sudha, J.), 29 January 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector, PS Ashok Vihar, 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)
- “PW3 has clearly deposed that he had seen the currency notes falling down from upstairs and that he had picked up the same. PW3 also deposed that the hand wash of the accused had also turned pink when the same …” (at para 25)
- 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.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
Judgment dated 29 January 2026. This judgment may still be subject to appeal; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
OtherPrimary
Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“PW3 has clearly deposed that he had seen the currency notes falling down from upstairs and that he had picked up the same. PW3 also deposed that the hand wash of the accused had also turned pink when the same …” (para 25)
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Institutional response
29 Jan 2026
Order issued
ConcludedThe Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: CRL.A. 582/2003
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.