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 "record_id": "CW-2026-0060",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1323",
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 "display_title": "Narsinghpur Police Police Officer vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others",
 "display_title_redacted": "Narsinghpur Police Police Officer vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others",
 "state": "Madhya Pradesh",
 "district": "Narsinghpur",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Police Station Narsinghpur",
 "court": "High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Bench",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Bench",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Narsinghpur Police Police Officer vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others",
 "case_number": "W.A. No. 2812 of 2024",
 "citation": "2026:MPHC-JBP:31111",
 "judges": [
  "Vivek Rusia",
  "Pradeep Mittal"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-04-21",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2009-03-22",
 "incident_year": 2009,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "dereliction_evidence_tampering",
 "subcategory": "dereliction_evidence_tampering",
 "subcategory_display": "dereliction evidence tampering",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
 "sections": [
  "214",
  "215 M.P. Police Regulations",
  "FR-54"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Police Officer",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Police Station Narsinghpur",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Officer, Police Station Narsinghpur"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": null,
   "descriptor": "Narsinghpur resident"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/85035813/",
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 "summary": "The High Court upheld a departmental penalty of a fine of Rs.5,000 imposed on a police officer for misconduct in unlawfully detaining a Scorpio vehicle at Police Station Narsinghpur and failing to initiate legal action, despite his acquittal in the parallel criminal trial under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The Court held that departmental proceedings are based on a distinct standard of proof and the misconduct relating to unlawful detention of the vehicle and failure to take appropriate action was duly established in the departmental enquiry, justifying the penalty.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court upheld a departmental penalty of a fine of Rs.5,000 imposed on a police officer for misconduct in unlawfully detaining a Scorpio vehicle at Police Station Narsinghpur and failing to initiate legal action, despite his acquittal in the parallel criminal trial under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The Court held that departmental proceedings are based on a distinct standard of proof and the misconduct relating to unlawful detention of the vehicle and failure to take appropriate action was duly established in the departmental enquiry, justifying the penalty.",
 "court_quote": "Although the appellant was acquitted in the criminal case, the departmental findings relating to his conduct in stopping a vehicle, detaining it at the police station, and failing to take appropriate legal action were duly established, thereby justifying the imposition of penalty.",
 "court_quote_para": "11",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "The sentence field inaccurately states the dismissal period was 'treated as no work, no pay'; per the judgment, the fine of Rs 5,000 was upheld (substituted for the dismissal) but the treatment of the dismissal period was REMITTED for fresh consideration under FR-54, not finally decided",
 "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": "2026-04-21",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Bench",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Bench recorded adverse findings against police personnel.",
   "disposition": "disciplinary upheld",
   "source": "2026:MPHC-JBP:31111",
   "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/85035813/",
   "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-mp-hc"
 ],
 "merged_case_id": "cop-mp-hc-4",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}