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 "record_id": "CW-2019-0033",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1049",
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 "display_title": "CRPF Constable (General Duty) v. Union of India and Others",
 "display_title_redacted": "CRPF Constable (General Duty) v. Union of India and Others",
 "state": "Jharkhand",
 "district": "Latehar",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Latehar",
 "police_station_or_unit": "11th Battalion, CRPF, Latehar",
 "court": "Patna High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Patna High Court",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "CRPF Constable (General Duty) v. Union of India and Others",
 "case_number": "CWJC No. 7092 of 2015",
 "citation": "AIRONLINE 2019 PAT 1295",
 "judges": [
  "Madhuresh Prasad"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2019-06-25",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2019,
 "incident_date": "2012-07-11",
 "incident_year": 2012,
 "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": [],
 "officers": [
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   "rank": "Constable (General Duty)",
   "unit": "CRPF, 11th Battalion, Latehar",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "gate_reasons": [
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    "key2:no_row"
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   "key2_agy": null,
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   "key2_openrouter": null,
   "key2_gpt56": null,
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   "key2_gpt": null,
   "later_outcome": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable (General Duty), CRPF, 11th Battalion, Latehar"
  }
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 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 0,
 "sentence_type": "dismissal",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "central_armed",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/71444377/",
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 "summary": "CRPF Constable (GD) [name withheld], 11th Battalion at Latehar, was dismissed on 10.08.2013 for leaving the campus without permission in a Naxal-affected area on 11.07.2012, consuming liquor, and brawling with fellow personnel, misconduct he admitted before the Enquiry Officer. The appellate authority converted dismissal into removal (17.10.2014) and the revision was rejected (17.12.2014). The Patna High Court held the findings rested on admitted facts proved through six witnesses by a confidence-inspiring procedure and required no interference. The writ petition was dismissed as devoid of merit. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "CRPF Constable (GD) [name withheld], 11th Battalion at Latehar, was dismissed on 10.08.2013 for leaving the campus without permission in a Naxal-affected area on 11.07.2012, consuming liquor, and brawling with fellow personnel, misconduct he admitted before the Enquiry Officer. The appellate authority converted dismissal into removal (17.10.2014) and the revision was rejected (17.12.2014). The Patna High Court held the findings rested on admitted facts proved through six witnesses by a confidence-inspiring procedure and required no interference. The writ petition was dismissed as devoid of merit.",
 "court_quote": "The findings of the Disciplinary Authority are based on admitted facts and circumstances, for reasons and by a procedure which inspires confidence. The same does not require any interference in the opinion of this Court.",
 "court_quote_para": "8",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; writ dismissed, CRPF removal 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"
 ],
 "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": "2019-06-25",
   "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": "AIRONLINE 2019 PAT 1295",
   "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": []
  }
 ],
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
 "link_checked_per_url": [
  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/71444377/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
 ],
 "source_assessment": {
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  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
 "publication_basis": null,
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 "retracted": {
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP3-106-005",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}