{
 "record_id": "CW-2026-0083",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1361",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State Of Jharkhand",
 "display_title_redacted": "Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State Of Jharkhand",
 "state": "Jharkhand",
 "district": null,
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Not stated",
 "court": "High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Jharkhand Police Constable vs The State Of Jharkhand",
 "case_number": "W.P.(S) No. 5503 of 2022",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "Ananda Sen"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-01-13",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2012-12-06",
 "incident_year": 2012,
 "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": "State police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable, State 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/66086257/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The High Court held that the police constable absented himself from duty from 06.12.2012 and ignored notices and enquiry proceedings. The High Court held that the departmental finding of prolonged unauthorized absence stood established ex parte. The High Court held that removal was fitting for a uniformed staffer and no violation of natural justice was shown. The High Court dismissed the writ petition.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court held that the police constable absented himself from duty from 06.12.2012 and ignored notices and enquiry proceedings. The High Court held that the departmental finding of prolonged unauthorized absence stood established ex parte. The High Court held that removal was fitting for a uniformed staffer and no violation of natural justice was shown. The High Court dismissed the writ petition.",
 "court_quote": "this writ petition stands dismissed.",
 "court_quote_para": "final paragraph",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "None; all claims verified. Neutral citation 2026:JHHC:858 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": "2026-01-13",
   "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. 5503 of 2022",
   "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/66086257/",
   "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-2",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}