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 "record_id": "CW-2019-0032",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1195",
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 "display_title": "Delhi Armed Police Head Constable vs Govt. of NCTD & Ors.; [name withheld] vs Govt. of NCTD & Ors.",
 "display_title_redacted": "Delhi Armed Police Head Constable vs Govt. of NCTD & Ors.; [name withheld] vs Govt. of NCTD & Ors.",
 "state": "Delhi",
 "district": "South Delhi",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "New Delhi",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Delhi Armed Police (custody duty at AIIMS)",
 "court": "Delhi High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Delhi High Court",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Delhi Armed Police Head Constable vs Govt. of NCTD & Ors.; [name withheld] vs Govt. of NCTD & Ors.",
 "case_number": "W.P.(C) Nos. 5926/2019 and 6044/2019",
 "citation": "(2019) 05 DEL CK 0188",
 "judges": [
  "Vipin Sanghi",
  "Rajnish Bhatnagar"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2019-05-28",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2019,
 "incident_date": "2011-10-27",
 "incident_year": 2011,
 "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": [
  "Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeal) Rules 1980 r.8(a)",
  "Standing Order No.125 of 2008"
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 "officers": [
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   "name": null,
   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "unit": "Delhi Armed Police (DAP), Delhi Police",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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    "key2:no_row"
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   "key2_gpt56": null,
   "grok": null,
   "jev_risk": null,
   "jev_p_culpable": null,
   "key2_gpt": null,
   "later_outcome": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable, Delhi Armed Police (DAP), Delhi Police"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Constable",
   "unit": "Delhi Armed Police (DAP), Delhi Police",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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    "ledger:no_row",
    "key2:no_row"
   ],
   "ledger_role": null,
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   "jev_p_culpable": null,
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   "later_outcome": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable, Delhi Armed Police (DAP), Delhi Police"
  }
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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/113388042/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/988573/ramesh-kumar-vs-govt-of-nctd-ors/"
 ],
 "summary": "The judgment of the Delhi High Court records the following account. Head Constable and Constable of the Delhi Armed Police were detailed for the safe custody of undertrial prisoner Vikas Yadav, admitted in the ortho private ward of AIIMS, but colluded with him and took him out on the intervening night of 26/27 October 2011, returning only the next morning. Seven prosecution witnesses including AIIMS doctors and nursing staff supported the charge, and a joint departmental inquiry found both guilty, leading to their removal from the force, affirmed on appeal and by the CAT. The Delhi High Court held the gravity of the proved misconduct justified the punishment and dismissed both writ petitions. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "Head Constable and Constable of the Delhi Armed Police were detailed for the safe custody of undertrial prisoner Vikas Yadav, admitted in the ortho private ward of AIIMS, but colluded with him and took him out on the intervening night of 26/27 October 2011, returning only the next morning. Seven prosecution witnesses including AIIMS doctors and nursing staff supported the charge, and a joint departmental inquiry found both guilty, leading to their removal from the force, affirmed on appeal and by the CAT. The Delhi High Court held the gravity of the proved misconduct justified the punishment and dismissed both writ petitions.",
 "court_quote": "The Disciplinary and the Appellate Authorities have said enough, and the gravity of the misconduct established against the petitioners is enough to justify the punishment imposed upon them.",
 "court_quote_para": "13",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Removal of two DAP men for custodial collusion with UTP upheld (judgment text cites Oct and Nov 2011).",
 "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": "2019-05-28",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Delhi High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Delhi High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only",
   "source": "(2019) 05 DEL CK 0188",
   "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": []
  }
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   "url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/988573/ramesh-kumar-vs-govt-of-nctd-ors/",
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 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
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