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 "record_id": "CW-2026-0072",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1345",
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 "display_title": "Nagpur Man vs State Of Mah, Thr Home Department",
 "display_title_redacted": "Nagpur Man vs State Of Mah, Thr Home Department",
 "state": "Maharashtra",
 "district": "Nagpur",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Pachpaoli Police Station, Nagpur City",
 "court": "High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Nagpur Man vs State Of Mah, Thr Home Department",
 "case_number": "CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION No.397 OF 2019",
 "citation": "2026:BHC-NAG:684-DB",
 "judges": [
  "Urmila Joshi-Phalke",
  "Nandesh S. Deshpande"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-01-16",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2019-02-25",
 "incident_year": 2019,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "false_implication_fabrication",
 "subcategory": "false_implication_fabrication",
 "subcategory_display": "false implication fabrication",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding",
 "sections": [
  "Section 21(b) of NDPS Act",
  "Section 29 of NDPS Act"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Constable",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Pachpaoli Police Station, Nagpur",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable, Pachpaoli Police Station, Nagpur"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Police Sub-Inspector",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Pachpaoli Police Station, Nagpur",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Sub-Inspector, Pachpaoli Police Station, Nagpur"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Police Inspector (PSO)",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Pachpaoli Police Station, Nagpur",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Inspector (PSO), Pachpaoli Police Station, Nagpur"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 3,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Nagpur man"
  }
 ],
 "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/184912996/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The High Court held that the petitioner was wrongfully arrested and no procedure prescribed by law was followed in Crime No.159/2019. The High Court held that the departmental inquiry report was an eyewash and that senior officers tried to shield the wrongful acts of the field staff. The High Court quashed the FIR, charge-sheet and Sessions Trial (NDPS) No.27/2019. The High Court left compensation to a separate remedy and expressed trust that the State would start service action.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court held that the petitioner was wrongfully arrested and no procedure prescribed by law was followed in Crime No.159/2019. The High Court held that the departmental inquiry report was an eyewash and that senior officers tried to shield the wrongful acts of the field staff. The High Court quashed the FIR, charge-sheet and Sessions Trial (NDPS) No.27/2019. The High Court left compensation to a separate remedy and expressed trust that the State would start service action.",
 "court_quote": "It is, thus, clear that the petitioner was wrongfully arrested and no procedure as prescribed under law was followed.",
 "court_quote_para": "para 18",
 "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": "2026-01-16",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench recorded adverse findings against police personnel.",
   "disposition": "adverse finding compensation",
   "source": "2026:BHC-NAG:684-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/184912996/",
   "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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 "merged_case_id": "cop-mh-hc-2",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}