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 "display_title": "M. Seenivasan vs State represented by The Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Madurai Detachment",
 "display_title_redacted": "M. Seenivasan vs State represented by The Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Madurai Detachment",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Madurai",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Thirumangalam",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Thirumangalam Taluk Police Station",
 "court": "Madras High Court",
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 "bench": "Madurai",
 "case_title": "M. Seenivasan vs State represented by The Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Madurai Detachment",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal(MD) No. 129 of 2015",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "M. Nirmal Kumar, J."
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 "judgment_date": "2020-01-06",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2020,
 "incident_date": "2003-01-29",
 "incident_year": 2003,
 "category": "Other",
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 "admin_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
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 "outcome_type": "conviction_upheld",
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  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
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  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2)"
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   "age": null,
   "gender": "female",
   "descriptor": "Thirumangalam woman"
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 "summary": "The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed the criminal appeal of Sub-Inspector M. Seenivasan of Thirumangalam Taluk Police Station and confirmed his conviction under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The officer demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 2,000 from complainant [name withheld] to delete her husband's name from a final report, leading to a trap by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption wing where tainted currency notes were recovered and tested positive. Justice M. Nirmal Kumar held that the prosecution cogently proved demand, acceptance, and recovery through the evidence of eyewitnesses, the trap laying officer, and the independent shadow witness. The High Court affirmed the trial court's sentence of two years rigorous imprisonment and directed that the officer be secured to undergo the remaining sentence.",
 "summary_verified": "The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed the criminal appeal of Sub-Inspector M. Seenivasan of Thirumangalam Taluk Police Station and confirmed his conviction under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The officer demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 2,000 from complainant [name withheld] to delete her husband's name from a final report, leading to a trap by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption wing where tainted currency notes were recovered and tested positive. Justice M. Nirmal Kumar held that the prosecution cogently proved demand, acceptance, and recovery through the evidence of eyewitnesses, the trap laying officer, and the independent shadow witness. The High Court affirmed the trial court's sentence of two years rigorous imprisonment and directed that the officer be secured to undergo the remaining sentence.",
 "court_quote": "the demand, acceptance and recovery had been clearly proved by the prosecution. The trial Court on perusal of both the oral and documentary evidence has given a detailed finding, which need not be interfered with.",
 "court_quote_para": "12",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "High Court confirmed conviction of Sub-Inspector under PC Act for demanding and accepting Rs 2,000 bribe in DVAC trap.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
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   "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.",
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   "independence": "External",
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   "description": "The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment.",
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   "source": "Criminal Appeal(MD) No. 129 of 2015",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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   "date": "2020-01-06",
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   "authority": "Madras High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "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": "Criminal Appeal(MD) No. 129 of 2015",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  },
  {
   "date": "2022-04-13",
   "action_type": "Appeal pending",
   "status": "Pending",
   "authority": "Supreme Court of India",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "As of 13 April 2022, an appeal arising from this judgment was pending before the Supreme Court of India (officers: M. Seenivasan); the judgment's findings had not been set aside on that date.",
   "disposition": "Later proceeding · Appeal pending",
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   "date": "2022-04-13",
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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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