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 "record_id": "CW-2026-0080",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1358",
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 "display_title": "Durg Man vs State of Chhattisgarh",
 "display_title_redacted": "Durg Man vs State of Chhattisgarh",
 "state": "Chhattisgarh",
 "district": "Durg",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela",
 "court": "High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Durg Man vs State of Chhattisgarh",
 "case_number": "WPCR No. 11 of 2026",
 "citation": "2026:CGHC:3546-DB",
 "judges": [
  "[name withheld]",
  "[name withheld]"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-01-21",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2025-10-22",
 "incident_year": 2025,
 "category": "Custodial torture",
 "admin_category": "brutality",
 "admin_subcategory": "custodial_torture",
 "subcategory": "custodial_torture",
 "subcategory_display": "custodial torture",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding",
 "sections": [
  "Article 21 Constitution of India",
  "Article 22 Constitution of India",
  "Arnesh Kumar v State of Bihar",
  "Satender Kumar Antil v CBI",
  "D.K. Basu v State of West Bengal",
  "Section 35 BNSS",
  "Section 187 BNSS"
 ],
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  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "SHO",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "SHO, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "CSP",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "PS Supela, Durg",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "CSP, PS Supela, Durg"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "ASI",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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   "display": "ASI, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Constable",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Constable",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg"
  }
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 "officer_count": 7,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Durg man"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Durg man"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Durg man"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Durg man"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Durg man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 5,
 "sentence_type": null,
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/144541158/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The High Court found serious procedural lapses and irregularities by police officials at Smriti Nagar Chowki, Durg. The petitioners were illegally detained, subjected to physical and mental torture, handcuffed illegally, paraded on public roads, and forced to shout humiliating slogans. The SHO appeared unauthorizedly during bail proceedings, prompting adverse judicial observations. The Court directed the DGP to examine the SHO's conduct, take disciplinary measures if warranted, issue standing instructions to all units against deviation from constitutional safeguards, and sensitize police personnel on Arnesh Kumar, Satender Kumar Antil, and D.K. Basu guidelines.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court found serious procedural lapses and irregularities by police officials at Smriti Nagar Chowki, Durg. The petitioners were illegally detained, subjected to physical and mental torture, handcuffed illegally, paraded on public roads, and forced to shout humiliating slogans. The SHO appeared unauthorizedly during bail proceedings, prompting adverse judicial observations. The Court directed the DGP to examine the SHO's conduct, take disciplinary measures if warranted, issue standing instructions to all units against deviation from constitutional safeguards, and sensitize police personnel on Arnesh Kumar, Satender Kumar Antil, and D.K. Basu guidelines.",
 "court_quote": "This Court records its serious concern and strong disapproval of the manner in which respondent No.2, Station House Officer, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, Police Station Supela, District Durg (C.G.), appears to have acted, revealing a casual and hasty approach in the exercise of police powers, in clear disregard of the constitutional safeguards and procedural mandates governing arrest, detention and treatment of citizens.",
 "court_quote_para": "Paragraph 31",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "court_quote.text names a police officer by personal name (Shri [name withheld]) in violation of privacy rule requiring redaction of officer names in any field; rank/unit verification otherwise matches respondents 2-8",
 "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": "Custodial torture",
   "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": "2026-01-21",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur recorded adverse findings against police personnel.",
   "disposition": "adverse finding compensation",
   "source": "2026:CGHC:3546-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)."
  }
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 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-24",
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 "retracted": {
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