{
 "record_id": "CW-2026-0097",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1387",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar Man vs State Of Punjab",
 "display_title_redacted": "Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar Man vs State Of Punjab",
 "state": "Punjab",
 "district": "Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Police Station Mataur, SAS Nagar",
 "court": "Supreme Court of India",
 "court_as_verified": "Supreme Court of India",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar Man vs State Of Punjab",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 4234 of 2026 (SLP (Crl.) No. 11103 of 2026)",
 "citation": "2026 INSC 1022",
 "judges": [
  "Ujjal Bhuyan",
  "Atul S. Chandurkar"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-09-21",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2026-05-17",
 "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": "adverse_finding",
 "sections": [
  "Article 22(1) of the Constitution of India",
  "Article 22(2) of the Constitution of India",
  "Section 47 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Assistant Sub-Inspector (investigating officer)",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Police Station Mataur, SAS Nagar, Punjab Police",
   "name": null,
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Assistant Sub-Inspector (investigating officer), Police Station Mataur, SAS Nagar, Punjab Police"
  },
  {
   "rank": "Inspector, Station House Officer",
   "role": "named_only",
   "unit": "Police Station Mataur, SAS Nagar, Punjab Police",
   "name": null,
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Inspector, Station House Officer, Police Station Mataur, SAS Nagar, Punjab Police"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 2,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": true,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": null,
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/144049703/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/09/21/3504120262026-09-21-701585.pdf",
  "https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/police-officer-who-arrests-without-furnishing-written-grounds-must-face-departmental-enquiry-supreme-court-551024"
 ],
 "summary": "The Supreme Court recorded that Punjab Police arrested a man at about 07:54 am on 17.05.2026 in a case registered at Mataur Police Station and produced him before the duty Magistrate only around noon on 18.05.2026, and that no written grounds of arrest were given to him; the Magistrate declared the arrest illegal and ordered his release. The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's order of 29.05.2026 staying that release. It held that re-arrest after such a breach needs the Magistrate's permission on an application that first furnishes the grounds of arrest. The State told the Court that a preliminary enquiry found the investigating Assistant Sub-Inspector guilty of blatant neglect of duty and that he was suspended, while the Station House Officer was transferred. The Court directed departmental enquiry in such lapses and expressed no opinion on the merits of the accusation.",
 "summary_verified": "The Supreme Court recorded that Punjab Police arrested a man at about 07:54 am on 17.05.2026 in a case registered at Mataur Police Station and produced him before the duty Magistrate only around noon on 18.05.2026, and that no written grounds of arrest were given to him; the Magistrate declared the arrest illegal and ordered his release. The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's order of 29.05.2026 staying that release. It held that re-arrest after such a breach needs the Magistrate's permission on an application that first furnishes the grounds of arrest. The State told the Court that a preliminary enquiry found the investigating Assistant Sub-Inspector guilty of blatant neglect of duty and that he was suspended, while the Station House Officer was transferred. The Court directed departmental enquiry in such lapses and expressed no opinion on the merits of the accusation.",
 "court_quote": "If the enquiry culminates in adverse finding against the erring police officer(s), it would entail departmental action with entry in the service book of such officer(s).",
 "court_quote_para": "25",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Checked against the Supreme Court judgment dated 21.09.2026 (2026 INSC 1022). No compensation was awarded in this 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": "Court finding",
   "position_explainer": "A court has made a finding on this allegation.",
   "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation"
  }
 ],
 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-21",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Supreme Court of India",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Supreme Court upheld the Magistrate's finding that the arrest breached Article 22 and set aside the High Court's stay; the State reported the investigating officer suspended and the SHO transferred.",
   "disposition": "adverse finding",
   "source": "2026 INSC 1022",
   "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."
  }
 ],
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-25",
 "link_checked_per_url": [
  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/144049703/",
   "link_checked": "2026-09-25"
  }
 ],
 "source_assessment": {
  "established": null,
  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
 "publication_basis": null,
 "reviews": [],
 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
 },
 "fidelity_checked": true,
 "verified_by": [
  "claude-opus-5.5-week-0925"
 ],
 "merged_case_id": null,
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}