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 "record_id": "CW-1964-0004",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1094",
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 "display_title": "The State of Madras vs Madras State Police Inspector of Police",
 "display_title_redacted": "The State of Madras vs Madras State Police Inspector of Police",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Tirupathur",
 "district_at_time": "North Arcot",
 "city_town": "Vaniyambadi",
 "police_station_or_unit": null,
 "court": "Supreme Court of India",
 "court_as_verified": "Supreme Court of India",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "The State of Madras vs Madras State Police Inspector of Police",
 "case_number": "Civil Appeal No. 400 of 1964",
 "citation": "AIR 1965 SC 1103",
 "judges": [
  "P. B. Gajendragadkar",
  "Raghubar Dayal",
  "M. Hidayatullah",
  "K. N. Wanchoo",
  "J. R. Mudholkar"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "1964-10-09",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 1964,
 "incident_date": "1951-08-30",
 "incident_year": 1951,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "corruption",
 "admin_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
 "sections": [
  "Madras District Police Act 1859 s.10",
  "Constitution Art. 226",
  "Constitution Art. 311",
  "Madras Civil Services (Disciplinary Proceedings Tribunal) Rules 1948"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Inspector of Police",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Madras State Police, Vaniyambadi",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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   "jev_p_culpable": null,
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   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Inspector of Police, Madras State Police, Vaniyambadi"
  }
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 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Vaniyambadi man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "dismissal",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/643602/the-state-of-madras-appellant-hash-g-sundaram-respondent/",
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  "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1880253/"
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 "summary": "The Supreme Court on 9 October 1964 allowed the State appeal and restored the compulsory retirement of Inspector of the Madras State Police. The Court recorded that he demanded Rs. 1,000 from a Vaniyambadi man under threat of a perjury prosecution and received Rs. 750 at his Vaniyambadi house on 4 September 1951 in an arranged trap, besides receiving presents from subordinate officers. A Tribunal found the charges proved and recommended dismissal; the Government instead compulsorily retired him in June 1953, which the High Court quashed. The Court held the High Court under Article 226 could not sit in appeal over Tribunal findings supported by evidence, and restored the 1953 order.",
 "summary_verified": "The Supreme Court on 9 October 1964 allowed the State appeal and restored the compulsory retirement of Inspector of the Madras State Police. The Court recorded that he demanded Rs. 1,000 from a Vaniyambadi man under threat of a perjury prosecution and received Rs. 750 at his Vaniyambadi house on 4 September 1951 in an arranged trap, besides receiving presents from subordinate officers. A Tribunal found the charges proved and recommended dismissal; the Government instead compulsorily retired him in June 1953, which the High Court quashed. The Court held the High Court under Article 226 could not sit in appeal over Tribunal findings supported by evidence, and restored the 1953 order.",
 "court_quote": "We are, therefore, of opinion that the High Court was in error in quashing the order of the State Government retiring the respondent compulsorily on the ground that the evidence during the inquiry proceedings by the Tribunal was not sufficient to establish the charges against him beyond reasonable doubt. We accordingly allow the appeal, set aside the order of the Court below and restore the order of Government, dated June 25, 1953, ordering the compulsory retirement of the respondent from service.",
 "court_quote_para": "20",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "SC restored compulsory retirement of Inspector caught in Rs.750 bribe trap.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "tier_history": [
  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
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 "allegations": [
  {
   "category": "Other",
   "primary": true,
   "position": "Material fact supported",
   "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.",
   "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation"
  }
 ],
 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "1964-10-09",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Supreme Court of India",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only",
   "source": "AIR 1965 SC 1103",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
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 "later_proceedings": [],
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 "followup_history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-19",
   "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass",
   "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
   "result": "holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP3-127-002",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
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 "service": "police",
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