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 "record_id": "CW-2026-0086",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1367",
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 "display_title": "Shri Nicobar Man vs The Director General of Police and Ors",
 "display_title_redacted": "Shri Nicobar Man vs The Director General of Police and Ors",
 "state": "Andaman and Nicobar Islands",
 "district": "Nicobar",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Campbell Bay Police Station (Case No. 30 of 2021)",
 "court": "High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Shri Nicobar Man vs The Director General of Police and Ors",
 "case_number": "WPA/388/2025",
 "citation": "2026:CHC-PB:111",
 "judges": [
  "Partha Sarathi Sen"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-08-10",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": null,
 "incident_year": null,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "illegal_detention_false_imprisonment",
 "subcategory": "illegal_detention_false_imprisonment",
 "subcategory_display": "illegal detention false imprisonment",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding",
 "sections": [],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Investigating Officer",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Campbell Bay Police Station",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Investigating Officer, Campbell Bay Police Station"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Nicobar 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/47336075/",
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  "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/34895787/"
 ],
 "summary": "The High Court held that the State had produced no document apart from pleading to show compliance with the Supreme Court arrest safeguards in Campbell Bay PS Case No. 30 of 2021. The High Court held that no prima facie evidence had been produced to show compliance with the statutory arrest requirements. The High Court rejected the custodial-harm claim for want of prima facie material beyond a small superficial cut. The High Court directed a Deputy Superintendent of Police-level enquiry within 90 working days and directed disciplinary proceedings against the delinquent forthwith if breach is found.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court held that the State had produced no document apart from pleading to show compliance with the Supreme Court arrest safeguards in Campbell Bay PS Case No. 30 of 2021. The High Court held that no prima facie evidence had been produced to show compliance with the statutory arrest requirements. The High Court rejected the custodial-harm claim for want of prima facie material beyond a small superficial cut. The High Court directed a Deputy Superintendent of Police-level enquiry within 90 working days and directed disciplinary proceedings against the delinquent forthwith if breach is found.",
 "court_quote": "no prima facie evidence has been produced to show compliance of the statutory requirements",
 "court_quote_para": "Para 11-12",
 "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": "2026-08-10",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair recorded adverse findings against police personnel.",
   "disposition": "adverse finding compensation",
   "source": "2026:CHC-PB:111",
   "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/47336075/",
   "link_checked": null
  },
  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/34895787/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
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 "source_assessment": {
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  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
 "publication_basis": null,
 "reviews": [],
 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
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 "fidelity_checked": false,
 "verified_by": [
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 ],
 "merged_case_id": "cop-an-hc-0",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}