{
 "case_id": "t2-02-014",
 "alias_case_ids": [
  "t2-16-009"
 ],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V2",
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  "t2-02-014": {
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   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag",
   "union": "flag"
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  "t2-16-009": {
   "ds": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-044",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:15:00+00:00",
 "verdict_note": "Trial conviction verified; Orissa HC (9 Nov 2020) modified to hurt/record offences; SC dismissed SLP Feb 2021.",
 "state": "Odisha",
 "district": "Cuttack",
 "court": "Assistant Sessions Judge-cum-ACJM (Special), Cuttack",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "trial_court_name": "Assistant Sessions Judge-cum-Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Special), Cuttack",
 "case_title": "State v. Cuttack Police Inspector (former) and others",
 "case_number": null,
 "conviction_date": "1988-08-29",
 "conviction_year": 1988,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "1985-05-04",
 "incident_year": 1985,
 "category": "brutality",
 "subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "raw_subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Inspector (former)",
   "unit": "Purighat Police Station, Cuttack",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Inspector (former), Purighat Police Station, Cuttack",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Senior Sub-Inspector (former)",
   "unit": "Purighat Police Station, Cuttack",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Senior Sub-Inspector (former), Purighat Police Station, Cuttack",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Cuttack man"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "IPC 304 Part II",
  "IPC 324",
  "IPC 323",
  "IPC 471",
  "IPC 34"
 ],
 "sentence": "Trial: 5 years and 8 years RI respectively (s.304-II) + up to 3 years RI (FIR fraud, wrongful confinement, hurt). On appeal (Orissa HC, 9 Nov 2020): 1 year SI (s.324/34) + 3 months SI (s.471/34) + 1 month SI (s.323/34), concurrent; Rs.3,00,000 compensation to legal heirs",
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": 8,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/custodial-violence-orissa-hc-directs-septuagenarian-ex-cops-to-serve-imprisonment-in-35-year-old-custodial-death-case-165741",
 "source_kind": "news",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/custodial-violence-orissa-hc-directs-septuagenarian-ex-cops-to-serve-imprisonment-in-35-year-old-custodial-death-case-165741",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/162192708/",
  "https://indiankanoon.org/docfragment/165413021/?formInput=ipc%2034",
  "https://sabrangindia.in/custodial-death-case-orissa-hc-imposes-sentence-ex-cops/",
  "https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/custodial-violence-abhorrent-unacceptable-crime-against-humanity-supreme-court",
  "https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/6345f56ed5f9b52b6e9eb93b",
  "https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/custodial-violence-orissa-hc-directs-septuagenarian-ex-cops-to-serve-imprisonment-in-35-year-old-custodial-death-case-165741",
  "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-384451.pdf"
 ],
 "summary": "The Assistant Sessions Judge-cum-ACJM (Special), Cuttack convicted Inspector and Senior Sub-Inspector for the 1985 custodial death following illegal confinement at Purighat police station, sentencing them to 5 and 8 years rigorous imprisonment for culpable homicide plus terms for FIR fraud, wrongful confinement and hurt. On appeal after 32 years, the Orissa High Court set aside the section 304-II conviction but held both guilty of voluntarily causing hurt and forgery-related offences, directing them to surrender and serve one-year concurrent simple-imprisonment terms. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of the two officers in February 2021.",
 "court_quote": "The Court has a duty to protect and promote public interest and build up public confidence in efficacy of rule of law.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-02+t2-16",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-02-014": "wrong_facts",
   "t2-16-009": "wrong_facts"
  },
  "applied": [
   "sentence"
  ],
  "noted": [
   "t2-02-014:appeal_status",
   "t2-16-009:appeal_status"
  ]
 },
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "subcategory_display": "custodial death",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "followup_history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-19",
   "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass",
   "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published row against the official source (reverify/t2-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
   "result": "t2-02-014=wrong_facts, t2-16-009=wrong_facts",
   "corrections_applied": [
    "sentence"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State v. Cuttack Police Inspector (former)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}