{ "record_id": "CW-2006-0022", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0984", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "CISF Constable vs Union of India and Others", "display_title_redacted": "CISF Constable vs Union of India and Others", "state": "Jharkhand", "district": null, "district_at_time": null, "city_town": null, "police_station_or_unit": "CISF ('B' Plant, Watch Tower No. III)", "court": "Jharkhand High Court", "court_as_verified": "Jharkhand High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "CISF Constable vs Union of India and Others", "case_number": "Appeal against revisional rejection (number not stated); see CWJC No. 11947 of 1997 (R), LPA No. 646 of 2002", "citation": "[2007(3) JCR 449 (JHR)]", "judges": [ "S.J. Mukhopadhaya" ], "judgment_date": "2006-03-08", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2006, "incident_date": "1992-02-11", "incident_year": 1992, "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": [], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Constable", "role": "held_liable", "unit": "CISF", "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, CISF" } ], "officer_count": 1, "victims": [ { "name": null, "age": null, "gender": null, "descriptor": "Jharkhand resident" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "dismissal", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "central_armed", "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1656513/", "secondary_sources": [ "[2007(3)JCR449(JHR)]" ], "summary": "The Jharkhand High Court (S.J. Mukhopadhaya J.) on 8 March 2006 dismissed the appeal of CISF constable against his dismissal from service. The court recorded that he was found sitting and dozing before a small fire while on 'C'-shift watch-tower duty on the night of 11/12 February 1992 and assaulted Inspector when caught, that both charges were proved in a departmental enquiry, and that he was dismissed on 12 October 1992. The court noted the Division Bench had already upheld the punishment in LPA No. 646 of 2002, remitting only the question of quantum to the revisional authority, which found dismissal proportionate. Agreeing that the order was appropriate and proportionate to the gravity of the charges, the court dismissed the appeal, so the dismissal stands.", "summary_verified": "The Jharkhand High Court (S.J. Mukhopadhaya J.) on 8 March 2006 dismissed the appeal of CISF constable against his dismissal from service. The court recorded that he was found sitting and dozing before a small fire while on 'C'-shift watch-tower duty on the night of 11/12 February 1992 and assaulted Inspector when caught, that both charges were proved in a departmental enquiry, and that he was dismissed on 12 October 1992. The court noted the Division Bench had already upheld the punishment in LPA No. 646 of 2002, remitting only the question of quantum to the revisional authority, which found dismissal proportionate. Agreeing that the order was appropriate and proportionate to the gravity of the charges, the court dismissed the appeal, so the dismissal stands.", "court_quote": "the respondents have passed appropriate order, proportionate to the gravity of charges and thus called for no interference. The appeal is, accordingly, dismissed.", "court_quote_para": "3", "confidence": "medium", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Appeal dismissed; CISF constable's dismissal for sleeping on duty and assaulting superior upheld (posting plant not stated).", "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": "2006-03-08", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Jharkhand High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Jharkhand High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.", "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only", "source": "[2007(3) JCR 449 (JHR)]", "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://indiankanoon.org/doc/1656513/", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "[2007(3)JCR449(JHR)]", "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-82" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP3-102-006", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }