{
 "record_id": "CW-2026-0095",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1384",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Dr [name withheld] vs State of Meghalaya & Ors",
 "display_title_redacted": "Dr [name withheld] vs State of Meghalaya & Ors",
 "state": "Meghalaya",
 "district": "East Khasi Hills",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Mawlai Police Station (complaints received via Mawkynroh Police Outpost)",
 "court": "High Court of Meghalaya at Shillong",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Meghalaya at Shillong",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Dr [name withheld] vs State of Meghalaya & Ors",
 "case_number": "Crl. Petn. No. 91 of 2026",
 "citation": "2026:MLHC:801",
 "judges": [
  "Revati Mohite Dere"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-07-29",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2026-05-06",
 "incident_year": 2026,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory_display": "other",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding",
 "sections": [
  "BNS 126(2)"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "unspecified",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Mawlai Police Station / Mawkynroh Police Outpost, East Khasi Hills",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "unspecified, Mawlai Police Station / Mawkynroh Police Outpost, East Khasi Hills"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 0,
 "sentence_type": null,
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/142551119/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/meghalaya-high-court/meghalaya-high-court-police-apply-mind-before-registering-fir-545751"
 ],
 "summary": "The High Court quashed two identically worded FIRs registered on the same day against a professor. The High Court held that no cognizable offence was disclosed and that duplicate FIRs on the same allegations cannot stand. The High Court strongly deprecated the police practice of registering FIRs under appropriate sections without first applying mind to the complaint. The High Court directed that any future complaints by the two complainants against law teachers be routed through the Superintendents of Police before action.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court quashed two identically worded FIRs registered on the same day against a professor. The High Court held that no cognizable offence was disclosed and that duplicate FIRs on the same allegations cannot stand. The High Court strongly deprecated the police practice of registering FIRs under appropriate sections without first applying mind to the complaint. The High Court directed that any future complaints by the two complainants against law teachers be routed through the Superintendents of Police before action.",
 "court_quote": "This practice to direct registration of FIRs \"under appropriate sections\" is strongly deprecated.",
 "court_quote_para": "operative part of judgment dated 29.07.2026",
 "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": "2026-07-29",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court of Meghalaya at Shillong",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court of Meghalaya at Shillong recorded adverse findings against police personnel.",
   "disposition": "adverse finding compensation",
   "source": "2026:MLHC:801",
   "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/142551119/",
   "link_checked": null
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/meghalaya-high-court/meghalaya-high-court-police-apply-mind-before-registering-fir-545751",
   "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-ml-hc"
 ],
 "merged_case_id": "cop-ml-hc-0",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}