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Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n
Commr.Of Police And Ors vs Sandeep Kumar on 17 March, 2011<\/div>\n
Author: ………………….J.<\/div>\n
Bench: Markandey Katju, Gyan Sudha Misra<\/div>\n
                                                                 REPORTABLE\n\n                    IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA\n\n                    CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\n                 CIVIL APPEAL NO(s). 1430 OF 2007\n\n\n\nCOMMR.OF POLICE AND ORS                       Appellant (s)\n\n                                  VERSUS\n\nSANDEEP KUMAR                                 Respondent(s)<\/pre>\n
                             O  R  D  E  R<\/p>\n
      Heard learned counsel for the parties.<\/p>\n
      This   Appeal   has   been   filed   against   the   impugned <\/p>\n
judgment of the High Court of Delhi dated 31.07.2006.<\/p>\n
      The facts have been given in the impugned judgment and <\/p>\n
hence   we  are   not  repeating   the  same   here,  except   wherever <\/p>\n
necessary.\n<\/p>\n
      The   respondent   herein-Sandeep   Kumar   applied   for   the <\/p>\n
post   of   Head   Constable   (Ministerial)   in   1999.         In   the <\/p>\n
application form it was printed :\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      “12(a)   Have   you   ever   been   arrested,   prosecuted
\n      kept   under   detention   or   bound   down\/fined,
\n      convicted   by   a   court   of   law   for   any   offence
\n      debarred\/disqualified   by   any   Public   Service
\n      Commission          from           appearing          at         its
\n      examination\/selection   or   debarred   from   any
\n      Examination, rusticated by any university or any
\n      other education authority\/Institution.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      Against that column the respondent wrote : ‘No’.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                                         :1:<\/span><\/p>\n
      It is alleged that this is a false statement made by <\/p>\n
the   respondent   because   he   and   some   of   his   family   members <\/p>\n
were   involved   in   a   criminal   case   being   FIR   362   under <\/p>\n
Section 325\/34 IPC. This case was admittedly compromised on <\/p>\n
18.01.1998   and   the   respondent   and   his   family   members   were <\/p>\n
acquitted on 18.01.1998.\n<\/p>\n
      In response to the advertisement issued in January 1999 <\/p>\n
for   filing   up   of   certain   posts   of   Head   Constables <\/p>\n
(Ministerial), the respondent applied on 24.02.1999 but did <\/p>\n
not mention in his application form that he was involved in <\/p>\n
the aforesaid criminal case.\n<\/p>\n
      The respondent qualified in all the tests for selection <\/p>\n
to the post of temporary Head Constable (Ministerial).   On <\/p>\n
03.04.2001   he   filled   the   attestation   form   wherein   for   the <\/p>\n
first   time   he   disclosed   that   he   had   been   involved   in   a <\/p>\n
criminal   case   with   his   tenant   which,   later   on,   had   been <\/p>\n
compromised in 1998 and he had been acquitted.<\/p>\n
      On   02.08.2001   a   show   cause   notice   was   issued   to   him <\/p>\n
asking the respondent to show cause why his candidature for <\/p>\n
the   post  should   not  be   cancelled  because   he  had   concealed <\/p>\n
the fact of his involvement in the aforesaid criminal case <\/p>\n
and   had   made   a   wrong   statement   in   his   application   form. <\/p>\n
The   respondent   submitted   his   reply     on   17.08.2001   and   an <\/p>\n
additional reply but the  authorities  were  not  satisfied<\/p>\n
                              :2:<\/span><\/p>\n
with the same and on 29.05.2003 cancelled his candidature.<\/p>\n
      The   respondent   filed   a   petition   before   the   Central <\/p>\n
Administrative   Tribunal  which   was  dismissed   on  13.02.2004. <\/p>\n
Against   that   order   the   respondent   filed   a   writ   petition <\/p>\n
which   has   been   allowed   by   the   Delhi   High   Court   and   hence <\/p>\n
this appeal.\n<\/p>\n
      The   learned   counsel   for   the   appellants   has   submitted <\/p>\n
that   the  respondent   should  have   disclosed  the   fact  of   his <\/p>\n
involvement in the criminal case even if he had later been <\/p>\n
acquitted. Hence, it was submitted that his candidature was <\/p>\n
rightly cancelled.\n<\/p>\n
      We   respectfully   agree   with   the   Delhi   High   Court   that <\/p>\n
the   cancellation   of   his   candidature   was   illegal,   but   we <\/p>\n
wish to give our own opinion in the matter.<\/p>\n
      When   the   incident   happened   the   respondent   must   have <\/p>\n
been about 20 years of age. At that age young people often <\/p>\n
commit indiscretions, and such indiscretions can often been <\/p>\n
condoned.     After   all,   youth   will   be   youth.     They   are   not <\/p>\n
expected to behave in as mature a manner as older people. <\/p>\n
Hence,   our   approach   should   be   to   condone   minor <\/p>\n
indiscretions   made   by   young   people   rather   than   to   brand <\/p>\n
them as criminals for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n
      In this connection, we may refer to the character ‘Jean <\/p>\n
Valjean’ in Victor Hugo’s novel ‘Les Miserables’, in which <\/p>\n
for committing a minor offence  of stealing a loaf of bread<\/p>\n
                               :3: <\/span><\/p>\n
for his hungry family Jean Valjean was branded as a thief <\/p>\n
for his whole life.\n<\/p>\n
     The   modern   approach   should   be   to   reform   a   person <\/p>\n
instead of branding him as a criminal all his life.<\/p>\n
     We may also here refer to the case of Welsh students <\/p>\n
mentioned     by   Lord   Denning   in   his   book   ‘Due   Process   of <\/p>\n
Law’.   It   appears   that   some   students   of   Wales   were   very <\/p>\n
enthusiastic   about the Welsh language and they were upset <\/p>\n
because   the   radio   programmes   were   being   broadcast   in   the <\/p>\n
English language and not in Welsh. Then came up to London <\/p>\n
and   invaded   the   High   Court.     They   were   found   guilty   of <\/p>\n
contempt of court and sentenced to prison for three months <\/p>\n
by the High Court Judge.   They filed an appeal before the <\/p>\n
Court   of   Appeals.   Allowing   the   appeal,   Lord   Denning <\/p>\n
observed :-\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      “I come now to Mr. Watkin Powell’s third point.
\n      He says that the sentences were excessive.  I do
\n      not think they were excessive, at the time they
\n      were   given   and   in   the   circumstances   then
\n      existing. Here was a deliberate interference with
\n      the   course   of   justice   in   a   case   which   was   no
\n      concern   of   theirs.     It   was   necessary   for   the
\n      judge   to   show   –   and   to   show   to   all   students
\n      everywhere   –   that   this   kind   of   thing   cannot   be
\n      tolerated.   Let   students   demonstrate,   if   they
\n      please,   for   the   causes   in   which   they   believe.
\n      Let them make their protests as they will.   But
\n      they   must   do   it   by   lawful   means   and   not   by
\n      unlawful.     If   they   strike   at   the   course   of
\n      justice  in  this  land  –  and  I speak both for
\n                                    :4:<\/span><\/p>\n
      England and Wales – they strike at the roots of
\n      society   itself,   and   they   bring   down   that   which
\n      protects them. It is only by the maintenance of <\/p>\n
      law   and   order   that   they   are   privileged   to   be
\n      students and to study and live in peace.  So let
\n      them support the law and not strike it down.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            But   now   what   is   to   be   done?     The   law   has
\n      been vindicated by the sentences which the judge
\n      passed on Wednesday of last week.   He has shown
\n      that law and order must be maintained, and will
\n      be   maintained.     But   on   this   appeal,   things   are
\n      changed.   These students here no longer defy the
\n      law.  They have appealed to this court and shown
\n      respect for it.  They have already served a week
\n      in prison.   I do not think it necessary to keep
\n      them   inside   it   any   longer.     These   young   people
\n      are no ordinary criminals.  There is no violence,
\n      dishonesty   or   vice   in   them.     On   the   contrary,
\n      there was much that we should applaud.  They wish
\n      to   do   all   they   can   to   preserve   the   Welsh
\n      language.   Well may they be proud of it.   It is
\n      the language of the bards – of the poets and the
\n      singers   –   more   melodious   by   far   than   our   rough
\n      English tongue.   On high authority, it should be
\n      equal in Wales with English. They have done wrong\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      – very wrong – in going to the extreme they did.
\n      But, that having been shown, I think we can, and
\n      should,   show   mercy   on   them.     We   should   permit
\n      them   to   go   back   to   their   studies,   to   their
\n      parents   and   continue   the   good   course   which   they
\n      have so wrongly disturbed.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      [ Vide : Morris  Vs.  Crown Office, (1970) 2 Q.B. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
             114 ]<\/p>\n
      In   our   opinion,   we   should   display   the   same   wisdom   as <\/p>\n
displayed by Lord Denning.\n<\/p>\n
      As   already   observed   above,   youth   often   commit <\/p>\n
indiscretions, which are often condoned.<\/p>\n
      It is true that in the application form the respondent <\/p>\n
did   not   mention   that   he   was   involved   in   a   criminal   case <\/p>\n
                                     :5: <\/span><\/p>\n
under Section 325\/34 IPC. Probably he did not mention this <\/p>\n
out   of   fear   that   if   he   did   so   he   would   automatically   be <\/p>\n
disqualified.\n<\/p>\n
      At any event, it was not such a serious offence like <\/p>\n
murder,   dacoity   or   rape,   and   hence   a   more   lenient   view <\/p>\n
should be taken in the matter.\n<\/p>\n
      For the reasons above given, this Appeal has no force <\/p>\n
and it is dismissed.   No costs.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                            ………………….J.\n<\/p>\n
                                            (MARKANDEY KATJU)<\/p>\n
                                            ………………….J.\n<\/p>\n
                                            (GYAN SUDHA MISRA)
\nNEW DELHI;\n<\/p>\n
MARCH 17, 2011.\n<\/p>\n
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Bench: Markandey Katju, Gyan Sudha Misra REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO(s). 1430 OF 2007 COMMR.OF POLICE AND ORS Appellant (s) VERSUS SANDEEP KUMAR Respondent(s) O R D E R Heard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supreme-court-of-india"],"yoast_head":"\nCommr.Of Police And Ors vs Sandeep Kumar on 17 March, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commr-of-police-and-ors-vs-sandeep-kumar-on-17-march-2011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commr.Of Police And Ors vs Sandeep Kumar on 17 March, 2011 - 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