{ "record_id": "CW-1969-0002", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-1151", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "West Bengal Police Sub-Inspector v. State of West Bengal and Others", "display_title_redacted": "West Bengal Police Sub-Inspector v. State of West Bengal and Others", "state": "West Bengal", "district": "South 24 Parganas", "district_at_time": "24 Parganas", "city_town": "Alipore", "police_station_or_unit": "West Bengal Police, 24 Parganas (District Enforcement)", "court": "Calcutta High Court", "court_as_verified": "Calcutta High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "West Bengal Police Sub-Inspector v. State of West Bengal and Others", "case_number": "Civil Rule No. 1305(W) of 1965", "citation": "AIR 1970 Cal 384", "judges": [ "D. Basu" ], "judgment_date": "1969-05-29", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 1969, "incident_date": "1960-01-01", "incident_year": 1960, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "misconduct", "admin_subcategory": "other", "subcategory": "other", "subcategory_display": "other", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [ "Police Act 1861 s.29", "Constitution Art. 311(2)" ], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Sub-Inspector", "role": "convicted", "unit": "West Bengal Police, 24 Parganas", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:no_row", "key2:no_row" ], "ledger_role": null, "key2": null, "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": null, "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": null, "jev_p_culpable": null, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Sub-Inspector, West Bengal Police, 24 Parganas" } ], "officer_count": 1, "victims": [], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 0, "sentence_type": "dismissal", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/56886/", "secondary_sources": [ "https://sooperkanoon.com/case/createfile/859505/tp:pd" ], "summary": "Sub-Inspector, District Enforcement Officer of 24 Parganas, refused to comply with a December 1959 transfer order to Nadia, was convicted under section 29 of the Police Act by the Alipore Magistrate on 25 November 1961 (fine Rs 100), and his appeal and revision failed. The SP 24 Parganas recommended dismissal, effected on 2 July 1964 with DIG approval. The court held a section 29 conviction is a conviction on a criminal charge under proviso (a) to Article 311(2), so no inquiry was needed before dismissal. The Rule was made absolute only to the extent of granting full emoluments for the pre-dismissal period 2 January 1960 to 2 July 1964. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "Sub-Inspector, District Enforcement Officer of 24 Parganas, refused to comply with a December 1959 transfer order to Nadia, was convicted under section 29 of the Police Act by the Alipore Magistrate on 25 November 1961 (fine Rs 100), and his appeal and revision failed. The SP 24 Parganas recommended dismissal, effected on 2 July 1964 with DIG approval. The court held a section 29 conviction is a conviction on a criminal charge under proviso (a) to Article 311(2), so no inquiry was needed before dismissal. The Rule was made absolute only to the extent of granting full emoluments for the pre-dismissal period 2 January 1960 to 2 July 1964.", "court_quote": "Consequently, the instant case would fall under the purview of Proviso (a) to Article 311(2) of the Constitution.", "court_quote_para": "19", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Calcutta HC upheld dismissal founded on s.29 Police Act conviction via Art 311(2)(a); relief limited to back emoluments for 2 Jan 1960-2 Jul 1964.", "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" ], "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": "1969-05-29", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Calcutta High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Calcutta High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.", "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only", "source": "AIR 1970 Cal 384", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." } ], "later_proceedings": [], "final_outcome_url": null, "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": [] } ], "followup_status": "checked", "last_checked": "2026-09-19", "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/56886/", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://sooperkanoon.com/case/createfile/859505/tp:pd", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": true, "verified_by": [ "chunk-104" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP3-28-004", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }