{
 "record_id": "CW-2026-0064",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1331",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Prayagraj Man (Corpus) And Another vs State Of U.P. And 2 Others",
 "display_title_redacted": "Prayagraj Man (Corpus) And Another vs State Of U.P. And 2 Others",
 "state": "Uttar Pradesh",
 "district": "Prayagraj",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "P.S. Meja, District Prayagraj",
 "court": "High Court of Judicature at Allahabad",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Judicature at Allahabad",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Prayagraj Man (Corpus) And Another vs State Of U.P. And 2 Others",
 "case_number": "HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 1222 of 2026",
 "citation": "2026:AHC:196414-DB",
 "judges": [
  "Atul Sreedharan",
  "Achal Sachdev"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-09-18",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2026-08-15",
 "incident_year": 2026,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "brutality",
 "admin_subcategory": "illegal_detention_false_imprisonment",
 "subcategory": "illegal_detention_false_imprisonment",
 "subcategory_display": "illegal detention false imprisonment",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
 "sections": [
  "Sections 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 351(3) of BNS",
  "Sections 21 and 22 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025",
  "Section 12 of the Passport Act, 1967"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Constable",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "P.S. Meja, District Prayagraj",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable, P.S. Meja, District Prayagraj"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Station House Officer",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "P.S. Meja, District Prayagraj",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Station House Officer, P.S. Meja, District Prayagraj"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Additional Inspector / Investigating Officer",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "P.S. Meja, District Prayagraj",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Additional Inspector / Investigating Officer, P.S. Meja, District Prayagraj"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 3,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Prayagraj man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": 50000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/198729602/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The High Court held that the corpus was taken from his shop on 15.08.2026 and produced before the Magistrate only on 19.08.2026 without procedural backing. The High Court held that the detention from 15.08.2026 till production was illegal custody. The High Court ordered release unless wanted in another case and directed the State to pay Rs. 50,000 as compensation for illegal detention. The High Court directed the State to recover the amount from erring personnel after a disciplinary inquiry within three months.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court held that the corpus was taken from his shop on 15.08.2026 and produced before the Magistrate only on 19.08.2026 without procedural backing. The High Court held that the detention from 15.08.2026 till production was illegal custody. The High Court ordered release unless wanted in another case and directed the State to pay Rs. 50,000 as compensation for illegal detention. The High Court directed the State to recover the amount from erring personnel after a disciplinary inquiry within three months.",
 "court_quote": "petitioner was held in illegal custody from 15.08.2026 till he was produced",
 "court_quote_para": "para 5",
 "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": "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": "2026-09-18",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court of Judicature at Allahabad",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad recorded adverse findings against police personnel.",
   "disposition": "adverse finding compensation",
   "source": "2026:AHC:196414-DB",
   "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/198729602/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
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 "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-up-hc"
 ],
 "merged_case_id": "cop-up-hc-0",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}