GOVT. OF N.C.T. OF DELHI & ORS vs CONST. CHET RAM

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$~69 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 11368/2006 & CM APPL. 8696/2006 GOVT. OF N.C.T. OF DELHI & ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Himanshu Pathak, SPC with ASI Mr. Devender Singh, Parvi Officer Traffic versus CONST. CHET RAM .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 27.04.2026 C.HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The respondent was a constable with the Delhi Police. 2. A raid was conducted by the Office of the Public Redressal of Grievances in the Delhi Police at Punjabi Bagh. A summary of allegations dated 20 April 2001 was issued to the respondent, alleging that the respondent, along with ASI Prem Singh had engaged Dharmender Singh, a Home Guard Constable, to collect money on their behalf from Blue Line buses who desired to enter into the Punjabi Bagh Bus Terminal. 3. It is not in dispute that, though statements which were recorded Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT W.P.(C) 11368/2006 Page 1 of 6 KUMAR Signing Date:30.04.2026 13:52:36 during Preliminary Enquiry1 were inculpatory insofar as the respondents were concerned, the said witnesses, which included the driver, conductor and the home guard, during their depositions before the Inquiry Officer2, resiled from their earlier statements. There was in fact no statement recorded before the IO which favoured the case of the petitioner. 4. The IO, nonetheless, found the respondent guilty of the charge against him on the basis of the statement of the home guard constable which was recorded during PE. The respondent appealed against the decision. The appeal was dismissed. The respondent was penalised with the punishment of forfeiture of three years’ approved service permanently entailing reduction in