A Police Officer and Friends Experience

A long time college friend met me yesterday and to my surprise he was very upset with the Navi Mumbai police personnel. He had some legal case going on and summons were passed for the other person. The police personnel didn't attend to his letters and summons, they failed to address court's letter. It was specifically Vashi Police Station he mentioned. He didn't want to give any money or bribe them. Guess what after 1.5 years of failed summons, he gave up and pushed an envelope with 5000 to police officers. They delivered the letter within 2 days and last month his case got closed. No doubt he won the case but turns out everyone wasted time and undue stress. He later gave me my 5k back and was happy and sad about the situation. I feel very sad about him. It's true that without money legal things don't take a step ahead. He plans to move out of the country very soon once things settle down at home. Anyone else experiences such things around?