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 "record_id": "CW-2014-0019",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1216",
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 "display_title": "Gondal Police Head Constable (Grade-I) and others vs State of Gujarat & Ors.",
 "display_title_redacted": "Gondal Police Head Constable (Grade-I) and others vs State of Gujarat & Ors.",
 "state": "Gujarat",
 "district": "Rajkot",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Gondal",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Gondal police station",
 "court": "Gujarat High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Gujarat High Court",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Gondal Police Head Constable (Grade-I) and others vs State of Gujarat & Ors.",
 "case_number": "Letters Patent Appeal Nos. 1437/2010 (in SCA 4402/2010) and 1438/2010 (in SCA 4403/2010)",
 "citation": "(2014) 02 GUJ CK 0051",
 "judges": [
  "Akil Kureshi",
  "Sonia Gokani"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2014-02-05",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2014,
 "incident_date": "1993-10-07",
 "incident_year": 1993,
 "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": [
  "IPC 225A(b)"
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  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Head Constable (Grade-I)",
   "unit": "Gondal police station",
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   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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    "key2:no_row"
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   "later_outcome": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable (Grade-I), Gondal police station"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
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   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable, Gondal police station"
  }
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 "officer_count": 2,
 "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://indiankanoon.org/doc/53798938/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/460387/jubedaben-ranabhai-juneja-appellant-hash-state-of-gujarat-and-3-and-others-respondent/"
 ],
 "summary": "On 5 February 2014 the Gujarat High Court Division Bench dismissed appeals by two Gondal lady head constables and upheld their dismissal from service. The court found that a woman accused entrusted to their overnight custody on 6-7 October 1993 had escaped through their negligence, for which both stood finally convicted under section 225A(b) IPC (six months simple imprisonment plus fine). The court held the escape reflected gross negligence and consequential misconduct by police custodians, and that dismissal was neither shockingly nor grossly disproportionate. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "On 5 February 2014 the Gujarat High Court Division Bench dismissed appeals by two Gondal lady head constables and upheld their dismissal from service. The court found that a woman accused entrusted to their overnight custody on 6-7 October 1993 had escaped through their negligence, for which both stood finally convicted under section 225A(b) IPC (six months simple imprisonment plus fine). The court held the escape reflected gross negligence and consequential misconduct by police custodians, and that dismissal was neither shockingly nor grossly disproportionate.",
 "court_quote": "In our opinion, the appellants simply cannot escape the liability of their gross negligence and consequential misconduct.",
 "court_quote_para": "9 (mirror; IndianKanoon numbering unconfirmed — record says 10)",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Gujarat HC Division Bench dismissed LPAs; dismissal of two head constables for IPC 225A(b) negligent escape upheld.",
 "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"
  }
 ],
 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "2014-02-05",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Gujarat High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Gujarat High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only",
   "source": "(2014) 02 GUJ CK 0051",
   "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": [
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 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}