{
 "case_id": "bx-r7-tn-dvac-01-052",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": null,
 "trial_court_name": "Cheif Judicial Magistrate cum Special Judge, Chennai",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "conviction_date": "2024-12-27",
 "conviction_year": 2024,
 "incident_date": null,
 "case_title_or_number": "Tamil Nadu Assistant Engineer, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board convicted of bribery, Cheif Judicial Magistrate cum Special Judge, Chennai (2024)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Assistant Engineer, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board",
   "unit": "Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Assistant Engineer, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "5 years rigorous imprisonment, fine amount of Rs.1,00,000/-",
 "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 Cheif Judicial Magistrate cum Special Judge, Chennai convicted an Assistant Engineer, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board on 27 December 2024. The conviction was for bribery. The sentence recorded is: 5 years rigorous imprisonment, fine amount of Rs.1,00,000/-. 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, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board",
 "department": "Assistant Engineer, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board",
 "government": "state",
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source"
}