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 "status": "overturned",
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 "display_title": "CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others",
 "display_title_redacted": "CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others",
 "state": "Tripura",
 "district": "West Tripura",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Agartala",
 "police_station_or_unit": "B/11 Battalion, CRPF, Agartala",
 "court": "Patna High Court",
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 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "CRPF Constable vs The Union of India and Others",
 "case_number": "C.W.J.C. No. 18705 of 2008",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "Prabhat Kumar Jha"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2017-04-26",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2017,
 "incident_date": "1999-11-01",
 "incident_year": 1999,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
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 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
 "sections": [
  "CRPF Act 1949 s.11(1)",
  "CRPF Rules 1955 r.27(a)"
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   "rank": "Constable",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "B/11 Battalion, CRPF",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "gate_reasons": [
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    "key2:no_row"
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   "later_outcome": null,
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   "display": "Constable, B/11 Battalion, CRPF"
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 "victims": [],
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 "sentence_type": "dismissal",
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 "force": "central_armed",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158309745/",
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 "summary": "The Patna High Court (Prabhat Kumar Jha J.) on 26 April 2017 dismissed the writ petition of CRPF Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that while posted at Agartala he reported intoxicated for medical examination on 1 November 1999, disobeyed orderly duty, absented from barracks without permission and abused Deputy Commandant M.K. Sinha. The court held dismissal under Section 11(1) of the CRPF Act read with Rule 27 was competent without a Sections 9/10 prosecution, following the Supreme Court in Ghulam Mohd. Bhat, and that the enquiry suffered no procedural illegality. Later proceedings: on 25 February 2023, the Patna High Court set aside the order recorded in this judgment (concerning [name withheld]); the outcome recorded here therefore does not stand. The dismissal, already affirmed in appeal, was consequently sustained.",
 "summary_verified": "The Patna High Court (Prabhat Kumar Jha J.) on 26 April 2017 dismissed the writ petition of CRPF Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that while posted at Agartala he reported intoxicated for medical examination on 1 November 1999, disobeyed orderly duty, absented from barracks without permission and abused Deputy Commandant M.K. Sinha. The court held dismissal under Section 11(1) of the CRPF Act read with Rule 27 was competent without a Sections 9/10 prosecution, following the Supreme Court in Ghulam Mohd. Bhat, and that the enquiry suffered no procedural illegality. The dismissal, already affirmed in appeal, was consequently sustained.",
 "court_quote": "Therefore, I find that on account of non-appointment of presenting officer, although there is no rule for appointing presenting officer, no prejudice was caused to the petitioner and the dismissal of the petitioner does not suffer from any illegality.",
 "court_quote_para": "17",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "HC upheld dismissal of CRPF constable for intoxication and disobedience at Agartala.",
 "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"
 ],
 "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"
  }
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   "date": "2017-04-26",
   "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": "C.W.J.C. No. 18705 of 2008",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  },
  {
   "date": "2023-02-25",
   "action_type": "Order set aside",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Patna High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "Later proceedings: on 25 February 2023, the Patna High Court set aside the order recorded in this judgment (concerning [name withheld]); the outcome recorded here therefore does not stand.",
   "disposition": "Later proceeding · Conviction not standing",
   "source": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157215898/",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "later_proceedings": [
  {
   "court": "Patna High Court",
   "date": "2023-02-25",
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157215898/",
   "outcome": "conviction_set_aside"
  }
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 "final_outcome_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157215898/",
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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)",
   "result": "holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
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 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
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