{
 "case_id": "bx-r6-kerala-vacb-05-003",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Kerala",
 "district": "Pathanamthitta",
 "trial_court_name": "Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "conviction_date": "2024-03-19",
 "conviction_year": 2024,
 "incident_date": "2014-11-18",
 "case_title_or_number": "Pathanamthitta Office Attendant convicted of bribery, Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court (2024)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Office Attendant",
   "unit": "Thiruvalla Taluk Office, Pathanamthitta district",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Office Attendant, Thiruvalla Taluk Office, Pathanamthitta district"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "7 years rigorous imprisonment in aggregate (4 years plus Rs 25,000 fine and 3 years plus Rs 20,000 fine, to run concurrently) and total fine of Rs 45,000",
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "kerala-vacb",
 "primary_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240628/https://vigilance.kerala.gov.in/storage/pages/custom/pageFiles/ndp0GAc5lETkrTbC7PL7LjcObKgwZTKSYqewBqi3Jy94vAAezx.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://vigilance.kerala.gov.in/storage/pages/custom/pageFiles/ndp0GAc5lETkrTbC7PL7LjcObKgwZTKSYqewBqi3Jy94vAAezx.pdf"
 ],
 "summary": "A Kerala Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau press note records that the Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court convicted an Office Attendant, Thiruvalla Taluk Office, Pathanamthitta district, on 19 March 2024. The conviction was for bribery. The sentence recorded is: 7 years rigorous imprisonment in aggregate (4 years plus Rs 25,000 fine and 3 years plus Rs 20,000 fine, to run concurrently) and total fine of Rs 45,000. The date given is the date of the agency's release; the judgment date is not stated separately. This is the agency's account of the court's decision; the official's name is withheld, and any later appeal is not reflected unless noted.",
 "court_quote": null,
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "service": "civil",
 "post": "Office Attendant",
 "department": "Thiruvalla Taluk Office",
 "government": "state",
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source"
}