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 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-0888",
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 "display_title": "Punjab Police Ex-Constable (No. 1119/FZR) vs The State of Punjab and Another",
 "display_title_redacted": "Punjab Police Ex-Constable (No. 1119/FZR) vs The State of Punjab and Another",
 "state": "Punjab",
 "district": "Ferozepur",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Ferozepur",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Ferozepur (SSP Ferozepur establishment), Punjab Police",
 "court": "Punjab and Haryana High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Punjab and Haryana High Court",
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 "case_title": "Punjab Police Ex-Constable (No. 1119/FZR) vs The State of Punjab and Another",
 "case_number": "Civil Writ Petition No. 10190 of 1988",
 "citation": "(1993) 105 PLR 117",
 "judges": [
  "R.K. Nehru",
  "G.R. Majithia"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "1993-05-20",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 1993,
 "incident_date": "1986-08-22",
 "incident_year": 1986,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory_display": "other",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
 "sections": [
  "Constitution Art. 226",
  "Constitution Art. 227",
  "Punjab Police Rules 1934 r.16.2(1)"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Ex-Constable (No. 1119/FZR)",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Ferozepur, Punjab Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "gate_reasons": [
    "ledger:no_row",
    "key2:no_row"
   ],
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   "later_outcome": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Ex-Constable (No. 1119/FZR), Ferozepur, Punjab Police"
  }
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 "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/136911/karnail-singh-ex-constable-appellant-hash-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-respondent/",
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. Constable (No. 1119/FZR) of the Punjab Police was dismissed by the SSP Ferozepur on 18 August 1987 after a departmental enquiry proved his absence without leave for 5 months and 5 days (22 August 1986 to 2 March 1987), and his appeal was rejected by the DIG on 30 December 1987. He challenged both orders under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution. The Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court held that he had remained habitually absent despite eight prior punishments, that the past record was rightly considered in awarding dismissal, and that the action suffered from no infirmity. The writ petition was dismissed with no order as to costs, leaving the dismissal intact. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "Constable (No. 1119/FZR) of the Punjab Police was dismissed by the SSP Ferozepur on 18 August 1987 after a departmental enquiry proved his absence without leave for 5 months and 5 days (22 August 1986 to 2 March 1987), and his appeal was rejected by the DIG on 30 December 1987. He challenged both orders under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution. The Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court held that he had remained habitually absent despite eight prior punishments, that the past record was rightly considered in awarding dismissal, and that the action suffered from no infirmity. The writ petition was dismissed with no order as to costs, leaving the dismissal intact.",
 "court_quote": "His absence from duty continuously for 5 months and 5 days was not an isolated Act. There had been repeated acts of remaining absent from duty for which he has been awarded punishment and the past record was taken into account while awarding punishment of dismissal from service. On the facts of the instant case, we do not find that the action of the respondents suffers from any infirmity.",
 "court_quote_para": "8",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Writ dismissed; dismissal for 5-month-5-day habitual absence upheld — disciplinary_upheld.",
 "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"
  }
 ],
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  {
   "date": "1993-05-20",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Punjab and Haryana High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only",
   "source": "(1993) 105 PLR 117",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "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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 "followup_status": "checked",
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 "v3_basis": null,
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 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP2-49-003",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
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