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 "display_title": "Jath Police Police Head Constable vs State of Maharashtra",
 "display_title_redacted": "Jath Police Police Head Constable vs State of Maharashtra",
 "state": "Maharashtra",
 "district": "Sangli",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Jath",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Jath Police Station",
 "court": "Bombay High Court",
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 "case_title": "Jath Police Police Head Constable vs State of Maharashtra",
 "case_number": "Appeal against Special Case No. 3 of 1989 (Special Judge, Sangli)",
 "citation": "(2000) 102 Bom LR 560",
 "judges": [
  "S. S. Parkar"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "1999-12-17",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 1999,
 "incident_date": "1987-04-01",
 "incident_year": 1987,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "corruption",
 "admin_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "conviction_upheld",
 "sections": [
  "IPC 161",
  "IPC 217"
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   "rank": "Police Head Constable",
   "unit": "Jath Police Station",
   "role": "convicted",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "gate_reasons": [
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   "display": "Police Head Constable, Jath Police Station"
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 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [],
 "victims_redacted": null,
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 "victim_count": 6,
 "sentence_type": "fine",
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 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1442028/",
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 "summary": "The Bombay High Court confirmed the conviction of Police Head Constable of Jath Police Station, Sangli, for demanding and accepting Rs 790 in illegal gratification from six vehicle owners to release seized vehicles without prosecution and for hushing up Motor Vehicles Act cases. The Court held the evidence of the vehicle owners, PW-2 Constable, the duty-book register and checking-report counterfoils proved the charges, and rejected the defences on investigation by an officer below DySP rank and unproved station-house duties. The Court set aside the one-year rigorous imprisonment on each count but enhanced the fine from Rs 500 to Rs 2,000 on each count, with the default sentence retained. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Bombay High Court confirmed the conviction of Police Head Constable of Jath Police Station, Sangli, for demanding and accepting Rs 790 in illegal gratification from six vehicle owners to release seized vehicles without prosecution and for hushing up Motor Vehicles Act cases. The Court held the evidence of the vehicle owners, PW-2 Constable, the duty-book register and checking-report counterfoils proved the charges, and rejected the defences on investigation by an officer below DySP rank and unproved station-house duties. The Court set aside the one-year rigorous imprisonment on each count but enhanced the fine from Rs 500 to Rs 2,000 on each count, with the default sentence retained.",
 "court_quote": "In the result the appeal is partly allowed. The convictions of the appellant for offences under Sections 161 and 217 of Indian Penal Code in Special Case No. 3 of 1989 are confirmed.",
 "court_quote_para": "19",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "HC confirmed ss.161/217 IPC bribery convictions; sentence modified to enhanced fine.",
 "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": "Material fact supported",
   "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.",
   "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation"
  }
 ],
 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": null,
   "action_type": "Conviction",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Trial court (as recorded in the Bombay High Court judgment)",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Bombay High Court judgment.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation",
   "source": "(2000) 102 Bom LR 560",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  },
  {
   "date": "1999-12-17",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Bombay High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Bombay High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)",
   "source": "(2000) 102 Bom LR 560",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "later_proceedings": [],
 "final_outcome_url": null,
 "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 record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
   "result": "holds",
   "corrections_applied": [
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   ]
  }
 ],
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1442028/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
 ],
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 },
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP2-9-002",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}