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 "record_id": "CW-2021-0021",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-0913",
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 "display_title": "Chandigarh Police Head Constable v. State (Union Territory of Chandigarh)",
 "display_title_redacted": "Chandigarh Police Head Constable v. State (Union Territory of Chandigarh)",
 "state": "Chandigarh",
 "district": "Chandigarh",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Chandigarh",
 "police_station_or_unit": null,
 "court": "Supreme Court of India",
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 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Chandigarh Police Head Constable v. State (Union Territory of Chandigarh)",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 2373 of 2010",
 "citation": "LL 2021 SC 687",
 "judges": [
  "N.V. Ramana",
  "Surya Kant",
  "A.S. Bopanna"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2021-11-26",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2021,
 "incident_date": "1999-07-10",
 "incident_year": 1999,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory_display": "other",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "conviction_upheld",
 "sections": [
  "IPC 307"
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   "name": null,
   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "role": "convicted",
   "unit": "Chandigarh Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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    "key2:no_row"
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   "jev_p_culpable": null,
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   "later_outcome": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable, Chandigarh Police"
  }
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 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [
  {
   "age": null,
   "gender": null,
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Chandigarh resident"
  }
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 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": 0.3,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/25593201031150131422judgement26-nov-2021-2-1277310.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/surinder-singh-v-state-union-territory-of-chandigarh-687-404947.pdf",
  "https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/61a70cac9fca196c63593f20"
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. On 10 July 1999 Head Constable of Chandigarh Police entered an advocate residential office in an inebriated state, claimed to be the lane beat officer, then pointed his service pistol and threatened to kill. The Court recorded that the complainant pushed the barrel ceiling-ward so the fired shot hit the ceiling, a second attempt failed, and the appellant fled leaving his wireless set and scooter; medical examination the same evening found him under alcohol influence. The trial court and the Punjab and Haryana High Court convicted him under Section 307 IPC and Section 27 Arms Act with 3 years RI. The Supreme Court held eyewitness and CFSL ballistic evidence proved attempt to murder, set aside the Arms Act conviction for want of a Section 5/7 misdemeanour, maintained the Section 307 conviction, and reduced sentence to the period already undergone (3 months 19 days). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "On 10 July 1999 Head Constable of Chandigarh Police entered an advocate residential office in an inebriated state, claimed to be the lane beat officer, then pointed his service pistol and threatened to kill. The Court recorded that the complainant pushed the barrel ceiling-ward so the fired shot hit the ceiling, a second attempt failed, and the appellant fled leaving his wireless set and scooter; medical examination the same evening found him under alcohol influence. The trial court and the Punjab and Haryana High Court convicted him under Section 307 IPC and Section 27 Arms Act with 3 years RI. The Supreme Court held eyewitness and CFSL ballistic evidence proved attempt to murder, set aside the Arms Act conviction for want of a Section 5/7 misdemeanour, maintained the Section 307 conviction, and reduced sentence to the period already undergone (3 months 19 days).",
 "court_quote": "While the conviction and sentence awarded to the Appellant under Section 27 of the Arms Act is set aside, his conviction under Section 307 IPC is maintained.",
 "court_quote_para": "36",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "SC maintained Section 307 conviction of drunk head constable who fired service pistol; Arms Act charge set aside.",
 "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": [
  {
   "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": null,
   "action_type": "Conviction",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Trial court (as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment)",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation",
   "source": "LL 2021 SC 687",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  },
  {
   "date": "2021-11-26",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Supreme Court of India",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)",
   "source": "LL 2021 SC 687",
   "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)",
   "result": "holds",
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP2-60-003",
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