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 "record_id": "CW-2003-0013",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-0108",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "New Delhi Woman vs Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi",
 "display_title_redacted": "New Delhi Woman vs Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi",
 "state": "Delhi",
 "district": "Central Delhi",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "New Delhi (Paharganj)",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Delhi Police (Paharganj)",
 "court": "Delhi High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Delhi High Court",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "New Delhi Woman vs Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi",
 "case_number": null,
 "citation": "108 (2003) DLT 718; 2004 (72) DRJ 644",
 "judges": [
  "Vikramajit Sen"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2003-12-19",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2003,
 "incident_date": "2000-04-07",
 "incident_year": 2000,
 "category": "Custodial death",
 "admin_category": "brutality",
 "admin_subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "subcategory_display": "custodial death",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
 "sections": [],
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   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Delhi Police (Paharganj)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "gate_reasons": [
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   "key2": "yes",
   "key2_agy": "yes",
   "key2_claude": null,
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "key2_gemapi": "unclear",
   "key2_openrouter": "yes",
   "key2_gpt56": "yes",
   "grok": null,
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   "jev_p_culpable": 0.76,
   "key2_gpt": null,
   "later_outcome": "none_found",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable, Delhi Police (Paharganj)"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Delhi Police (Paharganj)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "gate_reasons": [
    "key2_gemapi:unclear"
   ],
   "ledger_role": "held_liable",
   "key2": "yes",
   "key2_agy": "yes",
   "key2_claude": null,
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "key2_gemapi": "unclear",
   "key2_openrouter": "yes",
   "key2_gpt56": "yes",
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   "jev_risk": 0.31,
   "jev_p_culpable": 0.79,
   "key2_gpt": null,
   "later_outcome": "none_found",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable, Delhi Police (Paharganj)"
  }
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 "officer_count": 4,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "New Delhi man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": 500000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1570002/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Delhi High Court (Vikramajit Sen, J.) awarded Rs 5,00,000 for the custodial death of three-wheeler driver [name withheld], arrested in a traffic challan case on 7 April 2000 and dead the next afternoon, holding blatant and blameworthy non-compliance with the D.K. Basu imperatives for which each respondent was jointly and severally answerable. Though the inquest found no manhandling and death by cardiac failure, the Court held the failure to inform his wife — despite her rounds of the police station, police post and PCR — blameworthy, since informing the family could have flagged his bypass-surgery history and secured surety for bail. Rs 4,00,000 was to be paid by the State (respondents 1-2) and Rs 25,000 each by respondents 3 to 6, with Rs 10,000 in costs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Delhi High Court (Vikramajit Sen, J.) awarded Rs 5,00,000 for the custodial death of three-wheeler driver [name withheld], arrested in a traffic challan case on 7 April 2000 and dead the next afternoon, holding blatant and blameworthy non-compliance with the D.K. Basu imperatives for which each respondent was jointly and severally answerable. Though the inquest found no manhandling and death by cardiac failure, the Court held the failure to inform his wife — despite her rounds of the police station, police post and PCR — blameworthy, since informing the family could have flagged his bypass-surgery history and secured surety for bail. Rs 4,00,000 was to be paid by the State (respondents 1-2) and Rs 25,000 each by respondents 3 to 6, with Rs 10,000 in costs. The police version is not recorded in the cited text.",
 "court_quote": "I am satisfied that there has been blatant and blameworthy non-compliance with the imperatives enunciated in D.K. Basu's case, for which each of the Respondents is jointly as well as severally answerable and liable.",
 "court_quote_para": "10",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "D.K. Basu violations caused custodial death; Rs 5L + costs verified.",
 "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": "Custodial death",
   "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": "2003-12-19",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Delhi High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "108 (2003) DLT 718; 2004 (72) DRJ 644",
   "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": "wrong_facts",
   "corrections_applied": [
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    "officers",
    "summary"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1570002/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
 ],
 "source_assessment": {
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  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
 "publication_basis": null,
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 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
 },
 "fidelity_checked": false,
 "verified_by": [
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 ],
 "merged_case_id": "DELHI-017",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}