{
 "case_id": "bx-r6-punjab-vb-04-012",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Punjab",
 "district": "Patiala",
 "trial_court_name": "Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "conviction_date": "2019-05",
 "conviction_year": 2019,
 "incident_date": null,
 "case_title_or_number": "Patiala Lecturer convicted of bribery, Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala (2019)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Lecturer",
   "unit": "Punjabi University constituent college Ghanour, Patiala district (Education)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Lecturer, Punjabi University constituent college Ghanour, Patiala district (Education)"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "not stated"
 ],
 "sentence": "5 years imprisonment; fine: Rs. 20,000",
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "punjab-vb",
 "primary_source_url": "http://vigilancebureau.punjab.gov.in/uploads/articles/Vb_10-6-2019.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://web.archive.org/web/20210301/http://vigilancebureau.punjab.gov.in/uploads/articles/Vb_10-6-2019.pdf"
 ],
 "summary": "A Punjab Vigilance Bureau press note records that the Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala convicted a Lecturer, Punjabi University constituent college Ghanour, Patiala district (Education), in May 2019. The conviction was for bribery, under not stated. The sentence recorded is: 5 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": "Lecturer",
 "department": "Punjabi University constituent college Ghanour, Patiala district (Education)",
 "government": "state",
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source"
}