{
 "case_id": "bx-r6-kerala-vacb-08-001",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Kerala",
 "district": "Palakkad",
 "trial_court_name": "Thrissur Vigilance Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "conviction_date": "2025-03-15",
 "conviction_year": 2025,
 "incident_date": "2006",
 "case_title_or_number": "Palakkad Junior Health Inspector convicted of fraud or misappropriation, Thrissur Vigilance Court (2025)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "misappropriation_breach_of_trust",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Junior Health Inspector",
   "unit": "Ottapalam Municipality (Health), Palakkad district",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Junior Health Inspector, Ottapalam Municipality (Health), Palakkad district"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "4.5 years rigorous imprisonment across various sections (to run concurrently) and fine of Rs 4,00,000",
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "kerala-vacb",
 "primary_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250603/https://vigilance.kerala.gov.in/storage/pages/custom/pageFiles/9QFWsOUKHUWeYSsnWUa9ZEpP42FqQp53IvzQCHW298hnRxIOXk.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://vigilance.kerala.gov.in/storage/pages/custom/pageFiles/9QFWsOUKHUWeYSsnWUa9ZEpP42FqQp53IvzQCHW298hnRxIOXk.pdf"
 ],
 "summary": "A Kerala Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau press note records that the Thrissur Vigilance Court convicted a Junior Health Inspector, Ottapalam Municipality (Health), Palakkad district, on 15 March 2025. The conviction was for misappropriation of public money. The sentence recorded is: 4.5 years rigorous imprisonment across various sections (to run concurrently) and fine of Rs 4,00,000. 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": "Junior Health Inspector",
 "department": "Ottapalam Municipality (Health)",
 "government": "local",
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source"
}