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 "record_id": "CW-2026-0070",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1343",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Mumbai Woman vs State Of Maharashtra And Ors",
 "display_title_redacted": "Mumbai Woman vs State Of Maharashtra And Ors",
 "state": "Maharashtra",
 "district": "Mumbai",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Juhu Police Station; Anti-Extortion Cell, D.C.B., C.I.D., Mumbai",
 "court": "High Court of Judicature at Bombay",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Judicature at Bombay",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Mumbai Woman vs State Of Maharashtra And Ors",
 "case_number": "WRIT PETITION NO. 4381 OF 2026",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "Sarang V. Kotwal",
  "Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-09-02",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2026-08-14",
 "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",
 "sections": [
  "Section 43(5) of BNSS"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Senior Inspector of Police",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Anti-Extortion Cell, D.C.B., C.I.D., Mumbai",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Senior Inspector of Police, Anti-Extortion Cell, D.C.B., C.I.D., Mumbai"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Police Sub-Inspector",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Anti-Extortion Cell, D.C.B., C.I.D., Mumbai",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Sub-Inspector, Anti-Extortion Cell, D.C.B., C.I.D., Mumbai"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 2,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "female",
   "descriptor": "Mumbai woman"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": null,
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/34670708/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The High Court held that the petitioner's custody in C.R. No. 1285 of 2026 of Juhu Police Station violated Section 43(5) of the BNSS. The High Court held that the arrest documents did not show the signature of any woman police officer. The High Court ordered that the petitioner be released forthwith in connection with the said case. The High Court declined to grant compensation or damages.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court held that the petitioner's custody in C.R. No. 1285 of 2026 of Juhu Police Station violated Section 43(5) of the BNSS. The High Court held that the arrest documents did not show the signature of any woman police officer. The High Court ordered that the petitioner be released forthwith in connection with the said case. The High Court declined to grant compensation or damages.",
 "court_quote": "Thus, from the record we find that, there is a violation of Section 43(5) of BNSS.",
 "court_quote_para": "para 10",
 "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": "2026-09-02",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court of Judicature at Bombay",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court of Judicature at Bombay recorded adverse findings against police personnel.",
   "disposition": "adverse finding compensation",
   "source": "WRIT PETITION NO. 4381 OF 2026",
   "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/34670708/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
 ],
 "source_assessment": {
  "established": null,
  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
 "publication_basis": null,
 "reviews": [],
 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
 },
 "fidelity_checked": false,
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  "swarm-verify-cop-mh-hc"
 ],
 "merged_case_id": "cop-mh-hc-0",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}