( 1 ) RESPONDENT No. 1 herein was a Constable. A First information Report ( in short, fir ) was lodged against him on 19. 06. 1992 for alleged offence under Section 384/506 of the Indian Penal Code ( in short, I. P. C. ). Prior thereto, he was charge-sheeted for absenting from duty without delivering certain important papers to the government counsel wherefor he was marked absent on 19. 06. 1982 w. e. f. 18. 06. 1982. Changes levelled against him were :-

"that he along with some other persons went to the "residence of one Shri R. K. Aggarwal, a Ghaziabad Development Authority contractor, in a Maruti Van ad demanded rs. 90,000/- from him at gun point and threatened that failing which his son would be kidnapped. They also left a telephone No. 722848 on which Shri Aggarwal had to contact them. The matter was reported by shri Aggarwal to the Police Station Kavi Nagar who traced the telephone to that of a property dealer based in Sector 23, Sanjay Nagar, ghaziabad. The premises of the said property dealer were raided by the Police and five persons, including Constable Inderjit Singh, respondent No. 1 herein, were apprehended and an FIR was registered. "

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