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 "display_title": "The Union of India and Others vs BSF Constable",
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 "state": "Bihar",
 "district": "Madhubani",
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 "city_town": "Phulparas",
 "police_station_or_unit": "113 Battalion, BSF",
 "court": "Patna High Court",
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 "case_title": "The Union of India and Others vs BSF Constable",
 "case_number": "Letters Patent Appeal No. 451 of 2014",
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 "judges": [
  "Hemant Gupta",
  "Ahsanuddin Amanullah"
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 "judgment_date": "2016-08-11",
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 "incident_date": "2007-03-02",
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 "category": "Other",
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 "sentence_type": "dismissal",
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 "summary": "[name withheld], a BSF constable of 113 Battalion enrolled in 1990, was dismissed in May 2007 after pleading guilty before the Security Force Court to a 33-day overstay of leave. The court recorded that he was a habitual offender with 11 summary trials and 21 overstays in about 17 years including a 2006 conviction, and that due process with opportunities to defend had been afforded. The court held the Single Bench had erred in setting aside the dismissal. The Union appeal was allowed, the Single Bench order set aside, and the dismissal restored.",
 "summary_verified": "[name withheld], a BSF constable of 113 Battalion enrolled in 1990, was dismissed in May 2007 after pleading guilty before the Security Force Court to a 33-day overstay of leave. The court recorded that he was a habitual offender with 11 summary trials and 21 overstays in about 17 years including a 2006 conviction, and that due process with opportunities to defend had been afforded. The court held the Single Bench had erred in setting aside the dismissal. The Union appeal was allowed, the Single Bench order set aside, and the dismissal restored.",
 "court_quote": "Therefore, we find that the order of the learned Single Bench cannot be sustained. The same is, thus, set aside. Consequently, the writ application is dismissed.",
 "court_quote_para": "16",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Patna HC Division Bench allowed the Union appeal and restored the BSF constable dismissal for habitual overstay.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
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 "allegations": [
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   "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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  {
   "date": "2016-08-11",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Patna High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Patna High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only",
   "source": "Letters Patent Appeal No. 451 of 2014",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
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   "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)",
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP3-105-017",
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 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
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