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 "record_id": "CW-2026-0093",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1379",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Telangana Resident vs The State of Telangana",
 "display_title_redacted": "Telangana Resident vs The State of Telangana",
 "state": "Telangana",
 "district": null,
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Falaknuma Police Station",
 "court": "High Court for the State of Telangana",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court for the State of Telangana",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Telangana Resident vs The State of Telangana",
 "case_number": "W.P. No. 26326 of 2026",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "Tangirala Madhavi Devi"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-08-07",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": null,
 "incident_year": null,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "false_implication_fabrication",
 "subcategory": "false_implication_fabrication",
 "subcategory_display": "false implication fabrication",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding",
 "sections": [
  "Section 94 of BNSS"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Investigating officer",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Falaknuma Police Station",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Investigating officer, Falaknuma Police Station"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": null,
   "descriptor": "Telangana resident"
  }
 ],
 "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/75788034/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.barandbench.com/news/user-not-named-in-fir-cited-by-police-telangana-hc-quashes-police-notice-seeking-x-account-details"
 ],
 "summary": "The High Court examined a Section 94 BNSS notice sent to X seeking the petitioner's user details in Crime No. 404 of 2026. The High Court held that the FIR contained no reference to the petitioner in any way. The High Court held that there was no basis for issuing the notice against the petitioner. The High Court set aside the notice so far as it treated the petitioner as involved and restrained coercive steps without due process.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court examined a Section 94 BNSS notice sent to X seeking the petitioner's user details in Crime No. 404 of 2026. The High Court held that the FIR contained no reference to the petitioner in any way. The High Court held that there was no basis for issuing the notice against the petitioner. The High Court set aside the notice so far as it treated the petitioner as involved and restrained coercive steps without due process.",
 "court_quote": "there is no basis for the issuance of the notice under Section 94 of BNSS to X (Twitter).",
 "court_quote_para": "para 4",
 "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": "2026-08-07",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court for the State of Telangana",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court for the State of Telangana recorded adverse findings against police personnel.",
   "disposition": "adverse finding compensation",
   "source": "W.P. No. 26326 of 2026",
   "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/75788034/",
   "link_checked": null
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.barandbench.com/news/user-not-named-in-fir-cited-by-police-telangana-hc-quashes-police-notice-seeking-x-account-details",
   "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-tg-hc"
 ],
 "merged_case_id": "cop-tg-hc-0",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}