{
 "record_id": "CW-2026-0082",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1360",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Jharkhand Police Constable vs State Of Jharkhand",
 "display_title_redacted": "Jharkhand Police Constable vs State Of Jharkhand",
 "state": "Jharkhand",
 "district": null,
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Bagbera police station",
 "court": "High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Jharkhand Police Constable vs State Of Jharkhand",
 "case_number": "W.P.(S) No. 2136 of 2023",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "Ananda Sen"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-02-18",
 "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": "Bagbera police station",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable, Bagbera police station"
  }
 ],
 "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/25925037/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The High Court held that the constable deputed for treasure escort duty had left his rifle in the guardroom and remained absent. The High Court held that opportunity was given to participate in the departmental enquiry but the constable did not appear. The High Court held that a delayed appeal filed after sixteen years gave no ground to interfere. The High Court dismissed the writ petition and upheld the removal.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court held that the constable deputed for treasure escort duty had left his rifle in the guardroom and remained absent. The High Court held that opportunity was given to participate in the departmental enquiry but the constable did not appear. The High Court held that a delayed appeal filed after sixteen years gave no ground to interfere. The High Court dismissed the writ petition and upheld the removal.",
 "court_quote": "Opportunity was given to the petitioner but he did not appear before the Enquiry Committee.",
 "court_quote_para": "operative findings paragraph",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "None; all claims verified. Neutral citation 2026:JHHC:5100 exists and could be added (record shows null).",
 "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": "2026-02-18",
   "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": "W.P.(S) No. 2136 of 2023",
   "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/25925037/",
   "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-1",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}