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 "record_id": "CW-1997-0017",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-0810",
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 "display_title": "Kochi Police Head Constable vs Commissioner of Police and Ors.",
 "display_title_redacted": "Kochi Police Head Constable vs Commissioner of Police and Ors.",
 "state": "Kerala",
 "district": "Ernakulam",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Kochi",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Cochin City Traffic Assistant Commissioner Office",
 "court": "Kerala High Court",
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 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Kochi Police Head Constable vs Commissioner of Police and Ors.",
 "case_number": "O.P. No. 8526 of 1997",
 "citation": "(1997) 2 KLJ 351",
 "judges": [
  "K.S. Radhakrishnan J."
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 "judgment_date": "1997-08-25",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 1997,
 "incident_date": null,
 "incident_year": null,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory": "other",
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 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
 "sections": [
  "IPC 419",
  "IPC 420",
  "IPC 34",
  "Constitution Art. 311(2)"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "unit": "Cochin City Traffic Assistant Commissioner Office, Kochi",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "gate_reasons": [
    "ledger:no_row",
    "key2:no_row"
   ],
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   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable, Cochin City Traffic Assistant Commissioner Office, Kochi"
  }
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 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": null,
   "descriptor": "Kochi resident"
  }
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 "victims_redacted": null,
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 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "dismissal",
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 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/532072/chandrasekharan-nair-vs-commissioner-of-police-and-others/",
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 "summary": "The Kerala High Court (K.S. Radhakrishnan, J.) dismissed O.P. No. 8526 of 1997, upholding the Commissioner of Police, Cochin City order dated 04-04-1997 removing Head Constable from service following his conviction in C.C. No. 162 of 1993 (JFCM, Kochi) for cheating offences under IPC ss.419, 420 read with s.34. The Court applied S. Nagoor Meera to hold that action under clause (a) of the second proviso to Article 311(2) need not await the pending criminal appeal (Crl.A. No. 98 of 1997, Sessions Court, Ernakulam) and that suspension of sentence does not bar removal. It noted the criminal court categorical finding that the petitioner conduct brought a bad name to the police force and warranted deterrent punishment (consecutive RI terms of one and two years plus fines payable to PW-1 as compensation). The removal was made subject to the result of the pending appeal, and the petitioner was given one month to vacate police quarters.",
 "summary_verified": "The Kerala High Court (K.S. Radhakrishnan, J.) dismissed O.P. No. 8526 of 1997, upholding the Commissioner of Police, Cochin City order dated 04-04-1997 removing Head Constable from service following his conviction in C.C. No. 162 of 1993 (JFCM, Kochi) for cheating offences under IPC ss.419, 420 read with s.34. The Court applied S. Nagoor Meera to hold that action under clause (a) of the second proviso to Article 311(2) need not await the pending criminal appeal (Crl.A. No. 98 of 1997, Sessions Court, Ernakulam) and that suspension of sentence does not bar removal. It noted the criminal court categorical finding that the petitioner conduct brought a bad name to the police force and warranted deterrent punishment (consecutive RI terms of one and two years plus fines payable to PW-1 as compensation). The removal was made subject to the result of the pending appeal, and the petitioner was given one month to vacate police quarters.",
 "court_quote": "I do not find any illegality in Ext.P1 order removing the petitioner from service.",
 "court_quote_para": "8",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Single Bench dismissed O.P.; removal of convicted Head Constable upheld under Art 311(2) second proviso (a).",
 "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": "1997-08-25",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Kerala High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Kerala High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only",
   "source": "(1997) 2 KLJ 351",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
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  {
   "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": "GAP2-29-002",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
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 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
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