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 "record_id": "CW-2026-0096",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1386",
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 "display_title": "Ranga Reddy Man vs Investigating Officer, Saroor Nagar Police Station & Anr",
 "display_title_redacted": "Ranga Reddy Man vs Investigating Officer, Saroor Nagar Police Station & Anr",
 "state": "Telangana",
 "district": "Ranga Reddy",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Saroor Nagar Police Station",
 "court": "High Court for the State of Telangana",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court for the State of Telangana",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Ranga Reddy Man vs Investigating Officer, Saroor Nagar Police Station & Anr",
 "case_number": "Contempt Case No. 2485 of 2026",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "K. Sujana"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-09-18",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2026-04-28",
 "incident_year": 2026,
 "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": "conviction_by_hc",
 "sections": [
  "Sections 10, 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Investigating Officer (reported as an Assistant Commissioner of Police)",
   "role": "convicted",
   "unit": "Saroor Nagar Police Station, Telangana Police",
   "name": null,
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Investigating Officer (reported as an Assistant Commissioner of Police), Saroor Nagar Police Station, Telangana Police"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Ranga Reddy man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": true,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/09/24/160-katta-vamsi-702308.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.livelaw.in/telangana-high-court/telangana-high-court-police-officer-ignored-arrest-protection-order-551732"
 ],
 "summary": "The High Court recorded that it had granted a man interim protection from arrest on 21.04.2026, extended on 23.04.2026 and 27.04.2026, in an FIR registered at Saroor Nagar Police Station, and that he was nevertheless arrested on 28.04.2026 and produced before the Magistrate, who refused remand. The High Court rejected the investigating officer's apology and his explanation that he did not know of the extension, holding that he knew of the first protection order and should have verified its status, including from the court's website. The High Court held the investigating officer guilty of wilful disobedience and sentenced him to one month's imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2,000; the contempt case against a sub-inspector was dismissed because he had no role in the arrest. At the Public Prosecutor's request the sentence was suspended till 19.10.2026 to allow an appeal.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court recorded that it had granted a man interim protection from arrest on 21.04.2026, extended on 23.04.2026 and 27.04.2026, in an FIR registered at Saroor Nagar Police Station, and that he was nevertheless arrested on 28.04.2026 and produced before the Magistrate, who refused remand. The High Court rejected the investigating officer's apology and his explanation that he did not know of the extension, holding that he knew of the first protection order and should have verified its status, including from the court's website. The High Court held the investigating officer guilty of wilful disobedience and sentenced him to one month's imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2,000; the contempt case against a sub-inspector was dismissed because he had no role in the arrest. At the Public Prosecutor's request the sentence was suspended till 19.10.2026 to allow an appeal.",
 "court_quote": "This Court holds that respondent No.1 has willfully disobeyed the orders passed by this Court and is, therefore, liable to be punished for contempt.",
 "court_quote_para": "18",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Checked against the order dated 18.09.2026 (LiveLaw PDF of Contempt Case No. 2485 of 2026). The order text calls the officer the Investigating Officer; the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police comes from news reports.",
 "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": "Court finding",
   "position_explainer": "A court has made a finding on this allegation.",
   "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation"
  }
 ],
 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-18",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court for the State of Telangana",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court held the investigating officer guilty of contempt and sentenced him to one month's imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2,000, suspended till 19.10.2026.",
   "disposition": "conviction by HC (contempt)",
   "source": "Contempt Case No. 2485 of 2026",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "later_proceedings": [],
 "final_outcome_url": null,
 "followup_history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-25",
   "scope": "Past-week sweep: record written from the order text; quote checked verbatim against the order."
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-25",
   "scope": "Official source added: Telangana High Court order in C.C. No. 2485 of 2026 dated 18.09.2026 (copy hosted by LiveLaw); quote checked verbatim, sentence of one month and Rs 2,000 fine confirmed, suspended till 19.10.2026 for appeal."
  }
 ],
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-25",
 "link_checked_per_url": [
  {
   "url": "https://www.livelaw.in/telangana-high-court/telangana-high-court-police-officer-ignored-arrest-protection-order-551732",
   "link_checked": "2026-09-25"
  }
 ],
 "source_assessment": {
  "established": null,
  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
 "publication_basis": null,
 "reviews": [],
 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
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 "fidelity_checked": true,
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 "merged_case_id": null,
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}