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 "case_id": "t2-01-001",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2-01-001": {
   "ds": "flag",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-024",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T12:58:49.635375+00:00",
 "verdict_note": "DVAC press note confirms Inspector convicted by PDJ Perambalur; typo '2028' in one line, header/filename confirm 2026.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Perambalur",
 "court": "Principal District Judge Court, Perambalur",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Principal District Judge Court, Perambalur",
 "case_title": "State (DVAC) v. Perambalur Police Inspector of Police",
 "case_number": "Perambalur Cr.No.494/2008 (underlying case)",
 "conviction_date": "2026-08-28",
 "conviction_year": 2026,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2008-08-26",
 "incident_year": 2008,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Inspector of Police",
   "unit": "Perambalur Police Station (at offence); NSD Wing, Kanyakumari/Tirunelveli (at conviction)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Inspector of Police, Perambalur Police Station (at offence); NSD Wing, Kanyakumari/Tirunelveli (at conviction)",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Perambalur resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)(i)"
 ],
 "sentence": "2 years RI + Rs.1,000 fine u/s 7; 2 years RI + Rs.1,000 fine u/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)(i); concurrent",
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/pdf/Press_Release/2026/28-08-2026-Judgement%20-%20Press%20Release-73%20-%20Tr.Joseph%20Cyril%2C%20Inspr%2C%20Perambalur%20P.S.%20now%20NSD%20Wing%2C%20Kanyakumari.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/Press_Release.html"
 ],
 "summary": "The DVAC press note states [name withheld], Inspector of Police, Perambalur P.S., demanded Rs.7,000 from lawyer a Perambalur resident to lay a charge sheet expeditiously in Perambalur Cr.No.494/2008, was trapped accepting the bribe on 26.08.2008, and was convicted and sentenced by the Principal District Judge, Perambalur on 28.08.2026. (Note: the English page of the PDF has a typo '28.08.2028' in one line; filename, header and link text confirm 28.08.2026.)",
 "court_quote": "The Principal District Judge Court, Perambalur pronounced the judgment against Tr.[name withheld], Inspector of Police, and sentenced him to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for 2 years and fine of Rs.1000/- u/s 7 of PC Act,1988 and 2 years Rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs.1000/- u/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)(i) of PC Act, 1988 and ordered both sentences to run concurrently.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-01",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-01-001": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V1 · Provenance checked — internal only",
 "tier_badge": null,
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "followup_history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-19",
   "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass",
   "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published row against the official source (reverify/t2-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
   "result": "t2-01-001=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (DVAC) v. Perambalur Police Inspector of Police",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}