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 "record_id": "CW-2016-0036",
 "status": "current",
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 "display_title": "Surat Man vs State of Gujarat & Ors.",
 "display_title_redacted": "Surat Man vs State of Gujarat & Ors.",
 "state": "Gujarat",
 "district": "Surat",
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 "city_town": "Surat",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Lajpore Central Jail, Surat (detention ordered by Commissioner of Police, Rajkot City)",
 "court": "Gujarat High Court",
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 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Surat Man vs State of Gujarat & Ors.",
 "case_number": "R/Special Criminal Application (Habeas Corpus) No. 4937 of 2016",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "Harsha Devani",
  "Biren Vaishnav"
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 "judgment_date": "2016-12-23",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2016,
 "incident_date": "2016-06-06",
 "incident_year": 2016,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "illegal_detention_false_imprisonment",
 "subcategory": "illegal_detention_false_imprisonment",
 "subcategory_display": "illegal detention false imprisonment",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
 "sections": [
  "Constitution Art. 21",
  "Constitution Art. 226"
 ],
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   "rank": "Commissioner of Police",
   "role": "named_only",
   "unit": "Rajkot City",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "gate_reasons": [
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   "display": "Commissioner of Police, Rajkot City"
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   "rank": "Superintendent",
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   "unit": "Lajpore Central Jail, Surat",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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   "later_outcome": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Superintendent, Lajpore Central Jail, Surat"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Jailor Grade-2",
   "role": "named_only",
   "unit": "Lajpore Central Jail, Surat",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "gate_reasons": [
    "ledger:no_row",
    "key2:no_row"
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   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Jailor Grade-2, Lajpore Central Jail, Surat"
  }
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 "officer_count": 3,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Surat man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": 50000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/4928132/",
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  "https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/58ba44c32713e13a98901a24"
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 "summary": "The Gujarat High Court Division Bench (Harsha Devani and Biren Vaishnav JJ., 23 December 2016) allowed the habeas corpus petition of Hamirbhai Gabu on behalf of detenue a Surat man The court recorded that the PASA detention order of 27 May 2016 was revoked by the State Government on 6 June 2016, yet the detenue was released from Lajpore Central Jail, Surat only on 12 July 2016 though required in no other case. The court held it established that he remained under illegal incarceration at the hands of the authorities and the State for more than a month, showing scant regard for personal liberty under Article 21. It directed the State to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to the detenue plus Rs 10,000 costs and made the rule absolute. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Gujarat High Court Division Bench (Harsha Devani and Biren Vaishnav JJ., 23 December 2016) allowed the habeas corpus petition of Hamirbhai Gabu on behalf of detenue a Surat man The court recorded that the PASA detention order of 27 May 2016 was revoked by the State Government on 6 June 2016, yet the detenue was released from Lajpore Central Jail, Surat only on 12 July 2016 though required in no other case. The court held it established that he remained under illegal incarceration at the hands of the authorities and the State for more than a month, showing scant regard for personal liberty under Article 21. It directed the State to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to the detenue plus Rs 10,000 costs and made the rule absolute.",
 "court_quote": "the detenue has remained under illegal incarceration/detention at the hands of the authorities and State for a period of more than a month is established",
 "court_quote_para": "14",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Habeas corpus allowed; 37-day illegal detention after revocation established; Rs 50,000 compensation + Rs 10,000 costs.",
 "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": "2016-12-23",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Gujarat High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Gujarat High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "R/Special Criminal Application (Habeas Corpus) No. 4937 of 2016",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "later_proceedings": [],
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 "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",
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP2-23-004",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
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 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}