{
 "case_id": "bx-w1005-tn-dvac-01-001",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Virudhunagar",
 "trial_court_name": "Principal District Court, Srivilliputhur",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "conviction_date": "2026-09-22",
 "conviction_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": null,
 "case_title_or_number": "Case number not stated in the source (V&AC Press Release-95)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Village Administrative Officer",
   "unit": "Pisindi Village, Virudhunagar District",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Village Administrative Officer, Pisindi Village, Virudhunagar District"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "2 years Rigorous Imprisonment; fine: 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 release (No. 95) records that the Principal District Court, Srivilliputhur convicted the Village Administrative Officer of Pisindi Village, Virudhunagar District on 22 September 2026 and sentenced him to two years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 10,000. In 2012 he demanded Rs. 1,500 as a bribe to process an application for transfer of a patta into the complainant's name, and was caught accepting it in a trap laid by the Virudhunagar detachment. 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": "Village Administrative Officer",
 "department": "Revenue Department, Government of Tamil Nadu",
 "government": "state",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}