{ "record_id": "CW-2008-0030", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0901", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Rajasthan Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Another", "display_title_redacted": "Rajasthan Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Another", "state": "Rajasthan", "district": null, "district_at_time": null, "city_town": null, "police_station_or_unit": "Rajasthan Police Department", "court": "Rajasthan High Court", "court_as_verified": "Rajasthan High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Rajasthan Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Another", "case_number": null, "citation": "(2009) 3 RLW 2163", "judges": [ "H.R. Panwar" ], "judgment_date": "2008-12-11", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2008, "incident_date": "1996-01-01", "incident_year": 1996, "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": [ "Rajasthan CCA Rules 1958 Rule 16", "Constitution Art. 226" ], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Constable", "role": "held_liable", "unit": "Rajasthan Police Department", "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, Rajasthan Police Department" } ], "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/221718/heera-mani-appellant-hash-state-of-rajasthan-and-another-respondent/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. Constable voluntarily remained absent without leave, and a Rule 16 inquiry proved 57 days absence in 1996 with a record of repeated voluntary absence; the disciplinary authority terminated him on 26.10.1996 as a habitual absentee. He never filed a statutory appeal or review in his lifetime and died on 30.04.1999, after which his widow [name withheld] filed the writ. The court held inquiry procedure was followed with defence representation and no natural-justice violation, the delinquent had accepted the punishment in his lifetime, the post-death writ suffered delay and laches, and interference scope on findings and quantum is very limited. It held termination not disproportionate and dismissed the writ with no order as to costs (posting district not stated in judgment).", "summary_verified": "Constable voluntarily remained absent without leave, and a Rule 16 inquiry proved 57 days absence in 1996 with a record of repeated voluntary absence; the disciplinary authority terminated him on 26.10.1996 as a habitual absentee. He never filed a statutory appeal or review in his lifetime and died on 30.04.1999, after which his widow [name withheld] filed the writ. The court held inquiry procedure was followed with defence representation and no natural-justice violation, the delinquent had accepted the punishment in his lifetime, the post-death writ suffered delay and laches, and interference scope on findings and quantum is very limited. It held termination not disproportionate and dismissed the writ with no order as to costs (posting district not stated in judgment).", "court_quote": "It cannot be said that the punishment imposed to the delinquent police constable is disproportionate to the delinquency.", "court_quote_para": "20", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Writ verified; termination of habitually absent constable upheld on widow's petition.", "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": "2008-12-11", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Rajasthan High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Rajasthan High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.", "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only", "source": "(2009) 3 RLW 2163", "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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/221718/heera-mani-appellant-hash-state-of-rajasthan-and-another-respondent/", "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-75" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP2-54-004", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }