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 "record_id": "CW-2025-0064",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1347",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Parbhani Man vs The State Of Maharashtra And Others",
 "display_title_redacted": "Parbhani Man vs The State Of Maharashtra And Others",
 "state": "Maharashtra",
 "district": "Parbhani",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Mondha Police Station, District Parbhani",
 "court": "High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Parbhani Man vs The State Of Maharashtra And Others",
 "case_number": "CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.457 OF 2025",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "Vibha Kankanwadi",
  "Sanjay A. Deshmukh"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2025-07-04",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2025,
 "incident_date": "2024-12-15",
 "incident_year": 2024,
 "category": "Custodial death",
 "admin_category": "brutality",
 "admin_subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "subcategory_display": "custodial death",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding",
 "sections": [],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Police Inspector",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Mondha Police Station, Parbhani",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Inspector, Mondha Police Station, Parbhani"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Superintendent of Police",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Parbhani",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Superintendent of Police, Parbhani"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Deputy Superintendent of Police",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Parbhani",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Deputy Superintendent of Police, Parbhani"
  }
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 "officer_count": 3,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Parbhani man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": null,
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/153713541/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The High Court examined the death of a detainee after the December 2024 Parbhani combing action and custody at Mondha Police Station. The High Court held that there was a gross violation of human rights and that the deceased died due to the police authorities. The High Court held that a cognizable offence was made out but the petitioner's FIR was not recorded. The High Court directed registration of an FIR on the complaint dated 18.12.2024 and a Deputy Superintendent-level probe.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court examined the death of a detainee after the December 2024 Parbhani combing action and custody at Mondha Police Station. The High Court held that there was a gross violation of human rights and that the deceased died due to the police authorities. The High Court held that a cognizable offence was made out but the petitioner's FIR was not recorded. The High Court directed registration of an FIR on the complaint dated 18.12.2024 and a Deputy Superintendent-level probe.",
 "court_quote": "When the petitioner went to police station and tried to lodge the FIR, her FIR was not recorded.",
 "court_quote_para": "para 12",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Verified against the cited judgment.",
 "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": "Custodial death",
   "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": "2025-07-04",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad recorded adverse findings against police personnel.",
   "disposition": "adverse finding compensation",
   "source": "CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.457 OF 2025",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "later_proceedings": [],
 "final_outcome_url": null,
 "followup_history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-24",
   "scope": "Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark)."
  }
 ],
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-24",
 "link_checked_per_url": [
  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/153713541/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
 ],
 "source_assessment": {
  "established": null,
  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
 "publication_basis": null,
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 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
 },
 "fidelity_checked": false,
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 "merged_case_id": "cop-mh-hc-4",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}