{
 "record_id": "CW-2026-0081",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1359",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Jharkhand Armed Police Constable vs The State Of Jharkhand",
 "display_title_redacted": "Jharkhand Armed Police Constable vs The State Of Jharkhand",
 "state": "Jharkhand",
 "district": null,
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Jharkhand Armed Police",
 "court": "High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Jharkhand Armed Police Constable vs The State Of Jharkhand",
 "case_number": "W.P.(S) No. 1702 of 2026",
 "citation": "2026:JHHC:7904",
 "judges": [
  "Ananda Sen"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-03-18",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": null,
 "incident_year": null,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory_display": "other",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
 "sections": [],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Constable",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Jharkhand Armed Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable, Jharkhand Armed Police"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 0,
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/34982875/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The High Court held that the constable had suppressed a pending criminal case when entering police service. The High Court held that a later acquittal in October 2025 did not automatically undo a dismissal founded on suppression of material facts. The High Court held that there was a distinction between dismissal for a criminal charge and dismissal for suppression. The High Court dismissed the writ petition and kept the removal in place.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court held that the constable had suppressed a pending criminal case when entering police service. The High Court held that a later acquittal in October 2025 did not automatically undo a dismissal founded on suppression of material facts. The High Court held that there was a distinction between dismissal for a criminal charge and dismissal for suppression. The High Court dismissed the writ petition and kept the removal in place.",
 "court_quote": "He was dismissed on the charge that he has suppressed the pendency of criminal case.",
 "court_quote_para": "operative findings paragraph",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Penalty misstated: judgment uses 'dismissal' (order dated 08.08.2019), not 'removal from service'.; Quoted sentence is not verbatim: the recorded text is only a clause inside a longer sentence in para 6, not a standalone sentence; the verified verbatim sentence is 'He was dismissed on the charge that he has suppressed the pendency of criminal case.' (para 7).; Appeal upheld 29.03.2020 and revision 19.11.2020 (judgment also shows 09.11.2020 in one para) — dates otherwise confirmed.",
 "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": "2026-03-18",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi recorded adverse findings against police personnel.",
   "disposition": "disciplinary upheld",
   "source": "2026:JHHC:7904",
   "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/34982875/",
   "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-jh-hc"
 ],
 "merged_case_id": "cop-jh-hc-0",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}