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 "record_id": "CW-2025-0069",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1364",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State Of Jharkhand",
 "display_title_redacted": "Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State Of Jharkhand",
 "state": "Jharkhand",
 "district": null,
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "JAP-6 Jamshedpur; rail unit Daltonganj",
 "court": "High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State Of Jharkhand",
 "case_number": "W.P.(S) No. 779 of 2013",
 "citation": "2025:JHHC:24800",
 "judges": [
  "Deepak Roshan"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2025-08-19",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2025,
 "incident_date": "2007-08-24",
 "incident_year": 2007,
 "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": "Constable",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "JAP-6 Jamshedpur",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable, JAP-6 Jamshedpur"
  }
 ],
 "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/156852770/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The High Court held that the constable reported for duty on 24.08.2007 in an intoxicated condition, abused staff, and fled from hospital during medical examination. The High Court held that the doctor's note of alcoholic smell with oral testimony corroborated the charge despite the absence of a blood test. The High Court held that a prior record of habitual misconduct supported the penalty. The High Court dismissed the writ application and denied reinstatement.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court held that the constable reported for duty on 24.08.2007 in an intoxicated condition, abused staff, and fled from hospital during medical examination. The High Court held that the doctor's note of alcoholic smell with oral testimony corroborated the charge despite the absence of a blood test. The High Court held that a prior record of habitual misconduct supported the penalty. The High Court dismissed the writ application and denied reinstatement.",
 "court_quote": "no relief can be granted to the Petitioner",
 "court_quote_para": "operative findings paragraph",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "None; all claims verified including intoxication incident of 24.08.2007, removal order dated 30.11.2007, and quoted sentence.",
 "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": "2025-08-19",
   "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": "2025:JHHC:24800",
   "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/156852770/",
   "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-5",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}