{
 "record_id": "CW-2026-0065",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1332",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Chandauli Man vs State Of U.P. And 3 Others",
 "display_title_redacted": "Chandauli Man vs State Of U.P. And 3 Others",
 "state": "Uttar Pradesh",
 "district": "Chandauli",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "P.S. Saiyadraja, District Chandauli",
 "court": "High Court of Judicature at Allahabad",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Judicature at Allahabad",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Chandauli Man vs State Of U.P. And 3 Others",
 "case_number": "CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 11697 of 2026",
 "citation": "2026:AHC:188247",
 "judges": [
  "Sandeep Jain"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-09-09",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2025-05-12",
 "incident_year": 2025,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory_display": "other",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
 "sections": [
  "U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act",
  "Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Police personnel",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "P.S. Saiyadraja, District Chandauli",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police personnel, P.S. Saiyadraja, District Chandauli"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Chandauli man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": 420000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/188158070/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The High Court held that the police had no power or jurisdiction to seize or confiscate the vehicle in the cow-slaughter case. The High Court held that no permit is required to transport cow and progeny within Uttar Pradesh. The High Court quashed the confiscation order dated 12.01.2026 and the appellate order dated 28.03.2026. The High Court directed return of the vehicle and awarded monthly compensation from seizure plus a lump sum for mental agony and litigation.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court held that the police had no power or jurisdiction to seize or confiscate the vehicle in the cow-slaughter case. The High Court held that no permit is required to transport cow and progeny within Uttar Pradesh. The High Court quashed the confiscation order dated 12.01.2026 and the appellate order dated 28.03.2026. The High Court directed return of the vehicle and awarded monthly compensation from seizure plus a lump sum for mental agony and litigation.",
 "court_quote": "the police has no power or jurisdiction to seize or confiscate the vehicle in question",
 "court_quote_para": "para 13-14",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "compensation_inr is null but judgment awards Rs. 25,000/month from 12.05.2025 till release plus Rs. 20,000 lump sum for mental agony; court_quote para field says 'as reported' but quote appears at para 13-14 of judgment (quoting Kaliya precedent)",
 "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": "2026-09-09",
   "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:188247",
   "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/188158070/",
   "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-up-hc"
 ],
 "merged_case_id": "cop-up-hc-1",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}