{
 "case_id": "bx-r7-tn-dvac-01-017",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Pudukottai",
 "trial_court_name": "Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pudhukottai",
 "court_level": "magistrate",
 "conviction_date": "2025-05-16",
 "conviction_year": 2025,
 "incident_date": null,
 "case_title_or_number": "Pudukottai Assistant Engineer, PWD Department, Pudukottai District convicted of bribery, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pudhukottai (2025)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Assistant Engineer, PWD Department, Pudukottai District",
   "unit": "PWD Department, Pudukottai District",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Assistant Engineer, PWD Department, Pudukottai District"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "3 years rigorous imprisonment, and total fine amount of Rs.5,000/-",
 "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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pudhukottai convicted an Assistant Engineer, PWD Department, Pudukottai District on 16 May 2025. The conviction was for bribery. The sentence recorded is: 3 years rigorous imprisonment, and total fine amount of Rs.5,000/-. 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.",
 "court_quote": null,
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "service": "civil",
 "post": "Assistant Engineer, PWD Department, Pudukottai District",
 "department": "Assistant Engineer, PWD Department, Pudukottai District",
 "government": "state",
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source"
}