{
 "case_id": "bx-r7-tn-dvac-01-110",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": null,
 "trial_court_name": "Chief Judicial Magistrate, Special court, Thiruvallur",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "conviction_date": "2023-04-21",
 "conviction_year": 2023,
 "incident_date": null,
 "case_title_or_number": "Tamil Nadu Asst.Director, Drugs Control Board, Thiruvallur convicted of bribery, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Special court, Thiruvallur (2023)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Asst.Director, Drugs Control Board, Thiruvallur",
   "unit": "Drugs Control Board, Thiruvallur",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Asst.Director, Drugs Control Board, Thiruvallur"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "2 years rigorous imprisonment, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Special court, Thiruvallur convicted an Asst.Director, Drugs Control Board, Thiruvallur on 21 April 2023. The conviction was for bribery. The sentence recorded is: 2 years rigorous imprisonment, 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.",
 "court_quote": null,
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "service": "civil",
 "post": "Asst.Director, Drugs Control Board, Thiruvallur",
 "department": "Asst.Director, Drugs Control Board, Thiruvallur",
 "government": "state",
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source"
}
