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 "case_title": "Bhesan Police Police Sub-Inspector and others vs State of Gujarat",
 "case_number": "R/Criminal Revision Application No. 166 of 2022",
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 "incident_date": "2004-02-14",
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 "category": "Custodial torture",
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   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Bhesan man"
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  {
   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Gujarat High Court records the following account. replace 'complainant [name withheld] and his uncle' with 'the complainant and his uncle'. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "replace 'complainant [name withheld] and his uncle' with 'the complainant and his uncle'",
 "court_quote": "But in the present case, it is true that the accused persons were on duty but the acts of the accused persons to tonsure head, blacken the face and made to touch the toes of the complainant and victim and to conduct their procession in public place are all execrable acts not connected with their official duty.",
 "court_quote_para": "8.1",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Revision dismissed; 3 policemen's conviction for 2004 lock-up assault confirmed; surrender within 15 days.",
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   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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   "date": "2026-09-19",
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