{
 "record_id": "CW-2025-0068",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1363",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Jharkhand Police Not stated; uniformed member vs The State Of Jharkhand",
 "display_title_redacted": "Jharkhand Police Not stated; uniformed member vs The State Of Jharkhand",
 "state": "Jharkhand",
 "district": null,
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "State police; petitioner described as Secretary of Police Men's Association",
 "court": "High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Jharkhand Police Not stated; uniformed member vs The State Of Jharkhand",
 "case_number": "W.P.(S) No. 1637 of 2018",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "Deepak Roshan"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2025-09-09",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2025,
 "incident_date": null,
 "incident_year": null,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory_display": "other",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
 "sections": [],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Not stated; uniformed member",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "State police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Not stated; uniformed member, State police"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 0,
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/116509259/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The High Court held that the uniformed staffer had joined a coordinated mass leave and incited colleagues while holding weaponry and shouting slogans. The High Court held that the compulsory retirement imposed after the departmental enquiry was supported by the record. The High Court held that an earlier writ (WPS No. 4872 of 2008) had already left the penalty undisturbed. The High Court dismissed the writ application.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court held that the uniformed staffer had joined a coordinated mass leave and incited colleagues while holding weaponry and shouting slogans. The High Court held that the compulsory retirement imposed after the departmental enquiry was supported by the record. The High Court held that an earlier writ (WPS No. 4872 of 2008) had already left the penalty undisturbed. The High Court dismissed the writ application.",
 "court_quote": "instant application stands dismissed",
 "court_quote_para": "final paragraph",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "None; all claims verified. Neutral citation 2025:JHHC:27410 exists and could be added (record shows null).",
 "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": "2025-09-09",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi recorded adverse findings against police personnel.",
   "disposition": "disciplinary upheld",
   "source": "W.P.(S) No. 1637 of 2018",
   "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/116509259/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
 ],
 "source_assessment": {
  "established": null,
  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
 "publication_basis": null,
 "reviews": [],
 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
 },
 "fidelity_checked": false,
 "verified_by": [
  "swarm-verify-cop-jh-hc"
 ],
 "merged_case_id": "cop-jh-hc-4",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}