{
 "record_id": "CW-2026-0098",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1388",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Mumbai Suburban Man vs The State Of Maharashtra And Anr",
 "display_title_redacted": "Mumbai Suburban Man vs The State Of Maharashtra And Anr",
 "state": "Maharashtra",
 "district": "Mumbai Suburban",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Kasturba Marg Police Station, Borivali East",
 "court": "High Court of Judicature at Bombay",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Judicature at Bombay",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Mumbai Suburban Man vs The State Of Maharashtra And Anr",
 "case_number": "Criminal Application No. 612 of 2018",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "Milind N. Jadhav"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-09-10",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2018-02-04",
 "incident_year": 2018,
 "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": [
  "Sections 353, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (charges quashed)"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Police Constable (complainant)",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Kasturba Marg Police Station, Mumbai Police",
   "name": null,
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable (complainant), Kasturba Marg Police Station, Mumbai Police"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Mumbai Suburban 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/56743685/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.livelaw.in/bombay-high-court/cop-demanded-rs-300-bribe-foisted-false-case-551096"
 ],
 "summary": "The High Court recorded that a constable stopped a Mumbai jeweller on his motorcycle in Borivali East on 04.02.2018, kept his licence, and, by the man's account, demanded Rs. 500 as a penalty or Rs. 300 as a bribe; the man was then detained at Kasturba Marg Police Station until an FIR for assault and intimidation was registered around 2:00 am. The High Court held that the man's mobile-phone video and the constable's WhatsApp messages with senior officers prima facie showed the constable and his colleagues were instrumental in foisting a false case. It noted that police-station CCTV footage that should have been preserved was not available. The High Court quashed the chargesheet before the Borivali Metropolitan Magistrate and ordered any confiscated licence returned.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court recorded that a constable stopped a Mumbai jeweller on his motorcycle in Borivali East on 04.02.2018, kept his licence, and, by the man's account, demanded Rs. 500 as a penalty or Rs. 300 as a bribe; the man was then detained at Kasturba Marg Police Station until an FIR for assault and intimidation was registered around 2:00 am. The High Court held that the man's mobile-phone video and the constable's WhatsApp messages with senior officers prima facie showed the constable and his colleagues were instrumental in foisting a false case. It noted that police-station CCTV footage that should have been preserved was not available. The High Court quashed the chargesheet before the Borivali Metropolitan Magistrate and ordered any confiscated licence returned.",
 "court_quote": "the prosecution story is not only unbelievable but in my opinion it is a false and concocted story and case foisted on the Applicant.",
 "court_quote_para": "11",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Checked against the order dated 10.09.2026 (reported 21.09.2026). The High Court made a prima facie finding while quashing; no compensation or action against the constable was ordered.",
 "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 (prima facie)",
   "position_explainer": "The court made a prima facie finding while quashing the case against the man.",
   "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation"
  }
 ],
 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court of Judicature at Bombay",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court quashed the chargesheet, finding prima facie that the complainant constable and colleagues foisted a false case.",
   "disposition": "adverse finding",
   "source": "Criminal Application No. 612 of 2018",
   "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/56743685/",
   "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"
}