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 "status": "current",
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 "display_title": "Union of India & Ors. v. ITBP Constable (General Duty)",
 "display_title_redacted": "Union of India & Ors. v. ITBP Constable (General Duty)",
 "state": "Uttarakhand",
 "district": "Uttarkashi",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Kote sentry post",
 "court": "Supreme Court of India",
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 "case_title": "Union of India & Ors. v. ITBP Constable (General Duty)",
 "case_number": "Civil Appeal No. 7029 of 2025 (arising out of SLP(C) No. 18628 of 2019)",
 "citation": "2025 LiveLaw (SC) 668",
 "judges": [
  "Surya Kant",
  "N. Kotiswar Singh"
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 "judgment_date": "2025-05-20",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2025,
 "incident_date": "2005-07-04",
 "incident_year": 2005,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
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 "subcategory": "other",
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 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
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   "name": null,
   "rank": "Constable (General Duty)",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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   "display": "Constable (General Duty), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)"
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 "officer_count": 1,
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 "sentence_type": "dismissal",
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 "force": "central_armed",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2399120192025-05-20-603336.pdf",
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  "https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-upholds-dismissal-of-itbp-sentry-for-gross-misconduct-cash-box-robbed-guardian-became-looter-294424",
  "https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3451017-supreme-court-confirms-dismissal-of-itbp-constable-for-robbery"
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. ITBP Constable was on sentry duty at the Kote on the night of 4/5 July 2005 when cash boxes meant for disbursement to company personnel were kept there. The Court found he broke open the lock, stole the cash, hid the box about 200 yards away and deserted his post, and was dismissed on 14 November 2005 after a Summary Force Court trial. The Supreme Court held the confession voluntary, the misconduct grave moral turpitude by a sentry in a sensitive border area with eight prior punishments, and dismissal proportionate. It allowed the Union's appeal, set aside the Uttarakhand High Court orders directing reconsideration of punishment, and restored the dismissal.",
 "summary_verified": "ITBP Constable was on sentry duty at the Kote on the night of 4/5 July 2005 when cash boxes meant for disbursement to company personnel were kept there. The Court found he broke open the lock, stole the cash, hid the box about 200 yards away and deserted his post, and was dismissed on 14 November 2005 after a Summary Force Court trial. The Supreme Court held the confession voluntary, the misconduct grave moral turpitude by a sentry in a sensitive border area with eight prior punishments, and dismissal proportionate. It allowed the Union's appeal, set aside the Uttarakhand High Court orders directing reconsideration of punishment, and restored the dismissal.",
 "court_quote": "All members of the force must note that there is zero tolerance for such brazen misconduct, where the guardian of the cash box became its looter.",
 "court_quote_para": "11",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "SC judgment verified; ITBP sentry's dismissal for cash-box robbery restored (disciplinary_upheld).",
 "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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 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "2025-05-20",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Supreme Court of India",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only",
   "source": "2025 LiveLaw (SC) 668",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
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 "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",
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 "service": "police",
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