{
 "case_id": "bx-r6-punjab-vb-01-004",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Punjab",
 "district": "Ferozepur",
 "trial_court_name": "Addl. District and Session Judge, Ferozepur",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "conviction_date": "2022-07",
 "conviction_year": 2022,
 "incident_date": null,
 "case_title_or_number": "Ferozepur district employee convicted of bribery, Addl. District and Session Judge, Ferozepur (2022)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "district employee",
   "unit": "Punjab Khadi Board, Ferozepur district",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "district employee, Punjab Khadi Board, Ferozepur district"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "7 Prevention of Corruption Act",
  "13(2) Prevention of Corruption Act"
 ],
 "sentence": "three years imprisonment under section 7 PCA and four years imprisonment under section 13(2) PCA; fine: Rs. 10,000 under each section",
 "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, Ferozepur convicted a district employee, Punjab Khadi Board, Ferozepur district, in July 2022. The conviction was for bribery, under 7 Prevention of Corruption Act; 13(2) Prevention of Corruption Act. The sentence recorded is: three years imprisonment under section 7 PCA and four years imprisonment under section 13(2) PCA; fine: Rs. 10,000 under each section. 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": "district employee",
 "department": "Punjab Khadi Board",
 "government": "state",
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source"
}