{ "record_id": "CW-1986-0003", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-1078", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Churu Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others", "display_title_redacted": "Churu Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others", "state": "Rajasthan", "district": "Churu", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Churu", "police_station_or_unit": "Police Line, Churu", "court": "Rajasthan High Court", "court_as_verified": "Rajasthan High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Churu Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others", "case_number": "S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1096 of 1985", "citation": "(1986) WLN 550", "judges": [ "Ashok Kumar Mathur" ], "judgment_date": "1986-08-29", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 1986, "incident_date": "1981-05-28", "incident_year": 1981, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "misconduct", "admin_subcategory": "dereliction_evidence_tampering", "subcategory": "dereliction_evidence_tampering", "subcategory_display": "dereliction evidence tampering", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [ "IPC 307", "Rajasthan CCA Rules 1958 Rule 16", "Rajasthan CCA Rules 1958 Rule 19(2)" ], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Constable", "role": "held_liable", "unit": "Police Line, Churu", "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": "Constable, Police Line, Churu" } ], "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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/194189/vinod-kumar-appellant-hash-state-of-rajasthan-and-others-respondent/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. Constable of the Rajasthan Police challenged his removal from service after remaining absent from the Police Line, Churu from 28 May 1981 to 4 February 1982 and failing to appear before the enquiry officer despite repeated summons. He pleaded that his father had been attacked and hospitalised, that a land dispute had led to his implication in a Section 307 IPC case, and that no enquiry notice was served on him. The court found that he had deliberately avoided service and the enquiry despite knowledge of the charge-sheet, calling such conduct grossly indisciplined and least expected of a member of a disciplined force. It held that reasons for dispensing with a Rule 16 enquiry under Rule 19(2) of the 1958 Rules could be contained in the final order, and dismissed the writ petition, keeping the removal in force. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "Constable of the Rajasthan Police challenged his removal from service after remaining absent from the Police Line, Churu from 28 May 1981 to 4 February 1982 and failing to appear before the enquiry officer despite repeated summons. He pleaded that his father had been attacked and hospitalised, that a land dispute had led to his implication in a Section 307 IPC case, and that no enquiry notice was served on him. The court found that he had deliberately avoided service and the enquiry despite knowledge of the charge-sheet, calling such conduct grossly indisciplined and least expected of a member of a disciplined force. It held that reasons for dispensing with a Rule 16 enquiry under Rule 19(2) of the 1958 Rules could be contained in the final order, and dismissed the writ petition, keeping the removal in force.", "court_quote": "It is least expected from a disciplined force official to avoid service of notice and avoid to appear before the Enquiry Officer for one reason or the other and such conduct cannot be lightly condoned.", "court_quote_para": "5", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Judgment text verified; police constable's removal for wilful absence upheld, writ dismissed.", "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": "1986-08-29", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Rajasthan High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Rajasthan High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.", "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only", "source": "(1986) WLN 550", "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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/194189/vinod-kumar-appellant-hash-state-of-rajasthan-and-others-respondent/", "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-95" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP3-118-002", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }