{ "record_id": "CW-2026-0001", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0483", "alias_merged_ids": [ "CWC-1429" ], "display_title": "Rajesh Sahadeo Jangid v. Union of India & Ors.", "display_title_redacted": "Rajesh Sahadeo Jangid v. Union of India & Ors.", "state": "Maharashtra", "district": "Thane", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Kalyan", "police_station_or_unit": "RPF Post, Kalyan Railway Station", "court": "Bombay High Court", "court_as_verified": "Bombay High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Rajesh Sahadeo Jangid v. Union of India & Ors.", "case_number": "Writ Petition No. 7616 of 2021", "citation": "2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 357", "judges": [ "Bharati Dangre", "Manjusha Deshpande" ], "judgment_date": "2026-03-26", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2026, "incident_date": "2018-06-18", "incident_year": 2018, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "misconduct", "admin_subcategory": "other", "subcategory": "other", "subcategory_display": "other", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [ "RPF Rules 1987 r.146", "RPF Rules 1987 r.147", "RPF Rules 1987 r.153", "RPF Rules 1987 r.156" ], "officers": [ { "name": "Rajesh Sahadeo Jangid", "rank": "Constable (Commando)", "role": "held_liable", "unit": "Railway Protection Force, Kalyan Railway Station", "publish_grade": "named_safe", "gate_reasons": [], "ledger_role": "held_liable", "key2": "yes", "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": "yes", "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "yes", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.06, "jev_p_culpable": 0.95, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "none_found", "name_public": "Rajesh Sahadeo Jangid", "display": "Rajesh Sahadeo Jangid (Constable (Commando))" } ], "officer_count": 1, "victims": [ { "age": null, "gender": "female", "name": null, "descriptor": "Kalyan woman" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "dismissal", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "railway", "primary_source_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/07/31/rajesh-sahadeo-jangid-vs-union-of-india-690839.pdf", "secondary_sources": [ "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/bombay-high-court/bombay-high-court-upholds-rpf-constable-removal-molestation-viral-video-543845", "https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/bombay-high-court/rajesh-sahadeo-jangid-v-union-of-india-2026bhc-as16291-db-rpf-constables-removal-for-outraging-modesty-1611854", "https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/2026/04/11/ordjud-12watermark-1775686.pdf" ], "summary": "The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. In June 2018 a video went viral showing RPF constable Rajesh Jangid, posted as Commando and in uniform at Kalyan railway station, sitting beside a woman passenger on a platform bench and touching her inappropriately until co-passengers intervened. The railway authorities chargesheeted him suo motu, held a disciplinary enquiry under the RPF Rules 1987, and removed him from service in August 2018, a penalty affirmed in revision and on representation. The court viewed the video clip itself and held it clearly established his intention to outrage the woman's modesty. The court found the misconduct proved, held removal (a lesser penalty than dismissal) fully justified for a member of a disciplined force, dismissed the writ petition and discharged the Rule. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "In June 2018 a video went viral showing RPF constable Rajesh Jangid, posted as Commando and in uniform at Kalyan railway station, sitting beside a woman passenger on a platform bench and touching her inappropriately until co-passengers intervened. The railway authorities chargesheeted him suo motu, held a disciplinary enquiry under the RPF Rules 1987, and removed him from service in August 2018, a penalty affirmed in revision and on representation. The court viewed the video clip itself and held it clearly established his intention to outrage the woman's modesty. The court found the misconduct proved, held removal (a lesser penalty than dismissal) fully justified for a member of a disciplined force, dismissed the writ petition and discharged the Rule.", "court_quote": "In the wake of the aforesaid authoritative pronouncements and applying our mind to the facts before us and specifically by viewing the video clip which has clearly lead us to believe that the conduct of the Petitioner was truly deplorable and despite being in uniform and on the property of the Railway, he had dared to indulge into such an act and therefore we find complete justification in the Railway, in initiating an inquiry against him, finding him guilty and imposing a punishment of removal from service, which is lesser penalty than dismissal from service.", "court_quote_para": "21", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "RPF constable's removal for on-duty molestation upheld after court viewed video; writ dismissed.", "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": "2026-03-26", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Bombay High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Bombay High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.", "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only", "source": "2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 357", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." } ], "later_proceedings": [], "final_outcome_url": null, "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", "corrections_applied": [] } ], "followup_status": "checked", "last_checked": "2026-09-19", "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/07/31/rajesh-sahadeo-jangid-vs-union-of-india-690839.pdf", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/bombay-high-court/bombay-high-court-upholds-rpf-constable-removal-molestation-viral-video-543845", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/bombay-high-court/rajesh-sahadeo-jangid-v-union-of-india-2026bhc-as16291-db-rpf-constables-removal-for-outraging-modesty-1611854", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/2026/04/11/ordjud-12watermark-1775686.pdf", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": true, "verified_by": [ "chunk-42", "chunk-58" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP2-12-002", "officers_named_public": 1, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }