{
 "case_id": "bx-r7-tn-dvac-01-179",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": null,
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge, Special Court, Chengalpet",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "conviction_date": "2022-03-22",
 "conviction_year": 2022,
 "incident_date": null,
 "case_title_or_number": "Tamil Nadu Additional Assistant Elementary Education Officer, Acharapakkam, Madurandagam Taluk convicted of bribery, Special Judge, Special Court, Chengalpet (2022)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Additional Assistant Elementary Education Officer, Acharapakkam, Madurandagam Taluk",
   "unit": "Acharapakkam, Madurandagam Taluk",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Additional Assistant Elementary Education Officer, Acharapakkam, Madurandagam Taluk"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "5 years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine 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 Special Judge, Special Court, Chengalpet convicted an Additional Assistant Elementary Education Officer, Acharapakkam, Madurandagam Taluk on 22 March 2022. The conviction was for bribery. The sentence recorded is: 5 years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine 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": "Additional Assistant Elementary Education Officer, Acharapakkam, Madurandagam Taluk",
 "department": "Additional Assistant Elementary Education Officer, Acharapakkam, Madurandagam Taluk",
 "government": "state",
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "Not stated in the source"
}