{
 "case_id": "bx-r7-tn-dvac-01-006",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": null,
 "trial_court_name": "CJM Court, Tirunelveli",
 "court_level": "magistrate",
 "conviction_date": "2025-10-29",
 "conviction_year": 2025,
 "incident_date": null,
 "case_title_or_number": "Tamil Nadu Assistant Executive Engineer convicted of bribery, CJM Court, Tirunelveli (2025)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Assistant Executive Engineer",
   "unit": "Assistant Executive Engineer and",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Assistant Executive Engineer, Assistant Executive Engineer and"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "2 years rigorous imprisonment, and total fine amount of Rs.10,000/-",
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "tn-dvac",
 "primary_source_url": "https://dvac.tn.gov.in/Press_Release.html",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "A Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) press note records that the CJM Court, Tirunelveli convicted an Assistant Executive Engineer, Assistant Executive Engineer and, on 29 October 2025. The conviction was for bribery. The sentence recorded is: 2 years rigorous imprisonment, and total fine amount of Rs.10,000/-. 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 employing office is not stated in the source entry; the source entry also mentions a public-sector company.",
 "court_quote": null,
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "service": "civil",
 "post": "Assistant Executive Engineer",
 "department": "Assistant Executive Engineer and",
 "government": "state",
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source"
}