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 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-0679",
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 "display_title": "State of Gujarat vs Purnimaben wd/o Vinodbhai Himatbhai Kapasi and Others",
 "display_title_redacted": "State of Gujarat vs Purnimaben wd/o Vinodbhai Himatbhai Kapasi and Others",
 "state": "Gujarat",
 "district": "Ahmedabad",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Ahmedabad",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Navrangpura Police Station, Ahmedabad",
 "court": "Gujarat High Court",
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 "case_title": "State of Gujarat vs Purnimaben wd/o Vinodbhai Himatbhai Kapasi and Others",
 "case_number": "First Appeal under Section 96 CPC against Civil Suit No.5051 of 1986, City Civil Court, Ahmedabad",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "J. N. Bhatt"
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 "judgment_date": "2000-08-29",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2000,
 "incident_date": "1985-07-24",
 "incident_year": 1985,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "brutality",
 "admin_subcategory": "disproportionate_force",
 "subcategory": "disproportionate_force",
 "subcategory_display": "disproportionate force",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
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  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Police Sub-Inspector",
   "unit": "Navrangpura Police Station, Ahmedabad",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "gate_reasons": [
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   "display": "Police Sub-Inspector, Navrangpura Police Station, Ahmedabad"
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 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": 38,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Ahmedabad man, age 38"
  }
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 "victims_redacted": null,
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 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": 435000,
 "force": "state_police",
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Gujarat High Court records the following account. On 24 July 1985 at about 6 p.m., PSI shot dead an Ahmedabad man, a 38-year-old tax practitioner, near Nava Darwaja, Ahmedabad. The family sued the State and the PSI for Rs.5 lakh, alleging unauthorised, negligent firing; the City Civil Court decreed Rs.4,35,000 with 10% interest in 1999, holding the deceased a victim of the PSI's negligent and tortious act. The State appealed, claiming the death was caused by private firing during communal riots. The High Court held the firing was without permission and authority, that no mob or curfew was proved, and that the deceased was shot dead without reason by the negligent, reckless and unauthorised act; it dismissed the appeal with costs, confirmed the decree, and directed deposit of the decretal dues within six months.",
 "summary_verified": "On 24 July 1985 at about 6 p.m., PSI shot dead an Ahmedabad man, a 38-year-old tax practitioner, near Nava Darwaja, Ahmedabad. The family sued the State and the PSI for Rs.5 lakh, alleging unauthorised, negligent firing; the City Civil Court decreed Rs.4,35,000 with 10% interest in 1999, holding the deceased a victim of the PSI's negligent and tortious act. The State appealed, claiming the death was caused by private firing during communal riots. The High Court held the firing was without permission and authority, that no mob or curfew was proved, and that the deceased was shot dead without reason by the negligent, reckless and unauthorised act; it dismissed the appeal with costs, confirmed the decree, and directed deposit of the decretal dues within six months.",
 "court_quote": "In the result, the appeal shall stand dismissed with costs. Obviously, the impugned judgment and decree passed by the Trial Court is hereby confirmed.",
 "court_quote_para": "58",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "HC confirmed Rs.4,35,000 decree for fatal unauthorised police shooting; State appeal dismissed with costs.",
 "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"
  }
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 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "2000-08-29",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Gujarat High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Gujarat High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 435,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "First Appeal under Section 96 CPC against Civil Suit No.5051 of 1986, City Civil Court, Ahmedabad",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
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 "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": [
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 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1514030/",
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 "retracted": {
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP9-003",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}