{
 "case_id": "bx-r6-kerala-vacb-05-007",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Kerala",
 "district": "Kannur",
 "trial_court_name": "Thalassery Vigilance Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "conviction_date": "2024-02-17",
 "conviction_year": 2024,
 "incident_date": "2013-02-02",
 "case_title_or_number": "Kannur Village Assistant convicted of bribery, Thalassery Vigilance Court (2024)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Village Assistant",
   "unit": "Chovveri Village Office, Kannur",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Village Assistant, Chovveri Village Office, Kannur"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "1 year rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs 25,000",
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "kerala-vacb",
 "primary_source_url": "https://vigilance.kerala.gov.in/storage/pages/custom/pageFiles/pr4yzFgHZoJaDEV61hxvxEocWbxORkustr9ydv2sYmzPE0OW2K.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://web.archive.org/web/20240628/https://vigilance.kerala.gov.in/storage/pages/custom/pageFiles/pr4yzFgHZoJaDEV61hxvxEocWbxORkustr9ydv2sYmzPE0OW2K.pdf"
 ],
 "summary": "A Kerala Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau press note records that the Thalassery Vigilance Court convicted a Village Assistant, Chovveri Village Office, Kannur, on 17 February 2024. The conviction was for bribery. The sentence recorded is: 1 year rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs 25,000. 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. Verification level V1: the name and conviction wording are matched in the source entry, but the date or case number shown is as extracted from the entry and was not matched in the cited passage.",
 "court_quote": null,
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "service": "civil",
 "post": "Village Assistant",
 "department": "Chovveri Village Office, Kannur",
 "government": "state",
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source"
}