{
 "case_id": "bx-r7-tn-dvac-01-113",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": null,
 "trial_court_name": "Chief Judicial Magistrate",
 "court_level": "magistrate",
 "conviction_date": "2023-03-23",
 "conviction_year": 2023,
 "incident_date": null,
 "case_title_or_number": "Tamil Nadu Executive Engineer, PWD, Thiruvannamalai convicted of bribery, Chief Judicial Magistrate (2023)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Executive Engineer, PWD, Thiruvannamalai",
   "unit": "formerly Executive Engineer, PWD, Thiruvannamalai",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Executive Engineer, PWD, Thiruvannamalai, formerly Executive Engineer, PWD, Thiruvannamalai"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "1 year rigorous imprisonment, fine amount of Rs.10,000/- and Rs.15,000/- respectively",
 "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 convicted an Executive Engineer, PWD, Thiruvannamalai, formerly Executive Engineer, PWD, Thiruvannamalai, on 23 March 2023. The conviction was for bribery. The sentence recorded is: 1 year rigorous imprisonment, fine amount of Rs.10,000/- and Rs.15,000/- respectively. 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": "Executive Engineer, PWD, Thiruvannamalai",
 "department": "formerly Executive Engineer, PWD, Thiruvannamalai",
 "government": "state",
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source"
}