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 "case_id": "t2w2-12-014",
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 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-071",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:16:28Z",
 "verdict_note": "Trial court convicted escort party on 24.12.2014 u/s 223 IPC; UK HC affirmed conviction 07.01.2015, releasing appellants on probation.",
 "state": "Uttarakhand",
 "district": "Haridwar",
 "court": "Uttarakhand High Court",
 "court_level": "magistrate",
 "trial_court_name": "Magistrate court, Haridwar jurisdiction (exact court unstated in appellate judgment; probation bonds ordered before 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Haridwar)",
 "case_title": "State v. Uttarakhand Police Head Constable (No. 41 AP) and others",
 "case_number": null,
 "conviction_date": "2014-12-24",
 "conviction_year": 2014,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2005-08-12",
 "incident_year": 2005,
 "category": "misconduct",
 "subcategory": "dereliction_evidence_tampering",
 "raw_subcategory": "dereliction_evidence_tampering",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Head Constable (No. 41 AP)",
   "unit": "Uttarakhand Police (escort party, Haldwani to Dehradun)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable (No. 41 AP), Uttarakhand Police (escort party, Haldwani to Dehradun)",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Constable",
   "unit": "Uttarakhand Police (escort party)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable, Uttarakhand Police (escort party)",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
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 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "IPC 223"
 ],
 "sentence": "3 months simple imprisonment + Rs 500 fine each",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 0.25,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/254454/head-constable-41-ap-puran-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-uttarakhand-respondent/",
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 "primary_source_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/254454/head-constable-41-ap-puran-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-uttarakhand-respondent/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The trial court on 24 December 2014 convicted [name withheld] and fellow escort constables under IPC section 223 for negligently allowing undertrial Gulzar Khan to escape with handcuffs after the escort party fell asleep in the train from Haldwani to Dehradun on 12 August 2005, an FIR lodged by [name withheld] himself; each drew 3 months' simple imprisonment and a Rs 500 fine. On 7 January 2015 the Uttarakhand High Court (U.C. Dhyani, J., Criminal Appeal No. 3 of 2015) affirmed the convictions but released the appellants on probation under section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, with section 12 removing disqualification. CAVEAT: exact trial court name and co-appellant names not stated in the appellate judgment.",
 "court_quote": "The conviction of the appellants under Section 223 IPC is, therefore, affirmed.",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w2-12",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
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   "t2w2-12-014": "holds"
  },
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  "noted": []
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 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "subcategory_display": "dereliction evidence tampering",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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  {
   "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": "t2w2-12-014=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
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 "case_title_or_number": "State v. Uttarakhand Police Head Constable (No. 41 AP)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}