{
 "case_id": "T2LC-01-017",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "T2LC-01-017": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify2-chunk-047 (SECOND independent pass — do not read any other verifier's output)",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:45:20Z",
 "verdict_note": "Conviction confirmed by DVAC press note (21.04.2023, Rs.5,000 fine); distinct entry from the 31.05.2023 [name withheld] conviction.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Chennai",
 "court": "Chief Judicial Magistrate, Special Court, Chennai",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "CJM, Chennai",
 "case_title": "[name withheld] v. [name withheld]",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source",
 "conviction_date": "2023-04-21",
 "conviction_year": 2023,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": null,
 "incident_year": null,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "unit": "Chennai",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable, Chennai",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "3 years RI + fine Rs.5000",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 3,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://dvac.tn.gov.in/Press_Release.html",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "Head Constable convicted for demanding and accepting bribe.",
 "court_quote": "V&AC - Judgement - the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Special court, Chennai convicted the accused [name withheld], Head Constable, Chennai to undergo 3 years of rigorous imprisonment, fine amount of Rs.5,000/- for demanded and accepted bribe on 21.04.2023.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "T2LC-01",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "T2LC-01-017": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "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": "T2LC-01-017=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "Chennai Police Head Constable convicted of bribery, CJM, Chennai (2023)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}