{
 "case_id": "bx-r6-punjab-vb-01-003",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Punjab",
 "district": "Sangrur",
 "trial_court_name": "Addl. District and Session Judge, Sangrur",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "conviction_date": "2022-07",
 "conviction_year": 2022,
 "incident_date": null,
 "case_title_or_number": "Sangrur Patwari convicted of bribery, Addl. District and Session Judge, Sangrur (2022)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Patwari",
   "unit": "Revenue, Sangrur district",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Patwari, Revenue, Sangrur district"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "four years imprisonment; fine: Rs. 20,000",
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "punjab-vb",
 "primary_source_url": "https://vigilancebureau.punjab.gov.in/uploads/articles/press130822.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://web.archive.org/web/20220927/https://vigilancebureau.punjab.gov.in/uploads/articles/press130822.pdf"
 ],
 "summary": "A Punjab Vigilance Bureau press note records that the Addl. District and Session Judge, Sangrur convicted a Patwari, Revenue, Sangrur district, in July 2022. The conviction was for bribery. The sentence recorded is: four years imprisonment; fine: Rs. 20,000. 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": "Patwari",
 "department": "Revenue",
 "government": "state",
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source"
}