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 "record_id": "CW-2019-0024",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1294",
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 "display_title": "Tirunelveli Resident and [name withheld] vs Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Tirunelveli",
 "display_title_redacted": "Tirunelveli Resident and [name withheld] vs Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Tirunelveli",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Tirunelveli",
 "district_at_time": null,
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 "court": "Madras High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Madras High Court",
 "bench": "Madurai",
 "case_title": "Tirunelveli Resident and [name withheld] vs Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Tirunelveli",
 "case_number": "Crl.A.(MD) Nos.298 and 300 of 2011",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "P. Velmurugan"
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 "judgment_date": "2019-01-22",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2019,
 "incident_date": "2000-01-10",
 "incident_year": 2000,
 "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": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)"
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   "role": "convicted",
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   "display": "Police personnel"
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 "officer_count": 2,
 "victims": [
  {
   "age": null,
   "gender": null,
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Tirunelveli resident"
  }
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 "victims_redacted": null,
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 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 3,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/75757661/",
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  "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/112597752/"
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 "summary": "The Madras High Court (Madurai) dismissed the criminal appeals of [name withheld] (A-1) and [name withheld] (A-2) and confirmed their conviction and sentence of three years rigorous imprisonment plus Rs.2,500 fine each for demanding and accepting a Rs.1,000 bribe for a petition enquiry. The court held demand, acceptance and recovery proved through PW.1 to PW.4, PW.14, PW.16 and the exhibits: A-1 demanded the bribe, A-2 received the cash inside the police station on 11.01.2000 during a DVAC trap, and the phenolphthalein test proved positive. It held sanction valid and the trial court's appreciation of evidence correct, confirming the 14.11.2011 judgment of the Special Judge, Tirunelveli in full. Ranks and the station name are not stated in the judgment; A-3's acquittal was left undisturbed.",
 "summary_verified": "The Madras High Court (Madurai) dismissed the criminal appeals of [name withheld] (A-1) and [name withheld] (A-2) and confirmed their conviction and sentence of three years rigorous imprisonment plus Rs.2,500 fine each for demanding and accepting a Rs.1,000 bribe for a petition enquiry. The court held demand, acceptance and recovery proved through PW.1 to PW.4, PW.14, PW.16 and the exhibits: A-1 demanded the bribe, A-2 received the cash inside the police station on 11.01.2000 during a DVAC trap, and the phenolphthalein test proved positive. It held sanction valid and the trial court's appreciation of evidence correct, confirming the 14.11.2011 judgment of the Special Judge, Tirunelveli in full. Ranks and the station name are not stated in the judgment; A-3's acquittal was left undisturbed.",
 "court_quote": "In view of the foregoing discussion, from the evidence of PW.1, PW.2, PW.3, PW.4 and PW.14 and PW.16 along with Ex.P.1, Ex.P.2, Ex.P.9 and Ex.P.10 Ex.P.18 Ex.P.32, this Court finds that the prosecution has proved its case that the appellant had demanded illegal gratification and accepted it and the same was recovered from the appellant. In other words, the demand, acceptance and recovery are proved.",
 "court_quote_para": "31",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "HC dismissed both appeals; 3-year RI PC Act bribery convictions confirmed; ranks/station unstated.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
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   "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"
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   "action_type": "Conviction",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Trial court (as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment)",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation",
   "source": "Crl.A.(MD) Nos.298 and 300 of 2011",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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   "date": "2019-01-22",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
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   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Madras High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)",
   "source": "Crl.A.(MD) Nos.298 and 300 of 2011",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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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 record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
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