{
 "case_id": "t2-01-003",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2-01-003": {
   "ds": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-024",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T12:58:49.635375+00:00",
 "verdict_note": "Tamil-only DVAC press note confirms both Kolathur PS policemen convicted by Special Court Salem; 36 witnesses.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Salem",
 "court": "Special Court for cases under PC Act, Salem",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Court for cases under PC Act, Salem",
 "case_title": "State (DVAC) v. Salem Police Inspector of Police and others",
 "case_number": null,
 "conviction_date": "2026-06-30",
 "conviction_year": 2026,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2018-08-10",
 "incident_year": 2018,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Inspector of Police",
   "unit": "Kolathur Police Station, Salem district",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Inspector of Police, Kolathur Police Station, Salem district",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "unit": "Kolathur Police Station, Salem district",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable, Kolathur Police Station, Salem district",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Salem resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988"
 ],
 "sentence": "Each: 3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine",
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": 3,
 "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/2026/30-06-2026-Judgement%20-%20Tr.Raveendran%2C%20Inspr%20and%20Tr.Elango%2C%20HC%2C%20Kolathur%20P.S.%2C%20Salem.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/Press_Release.html"
 ],
 "summary": "The DVAC press note (Tamil) states Inspector and Head Constable of Kolathur P.S., Salem demanded Rs.5,000 from complainant [name withheld] to release his two-wheeler without registering a case, were trapped accepting it on 10.08.2018, and after trial with 36 witnesses were both convicted and sentenced by the Special Court for PC Act cases, Salem on 30.06.2026.",
 "court_quote": null,
 "confidence": "medium",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-01",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-01-003": "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": "t2-01-003=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (DVAC) v. Salem Police Inspector of Police and others",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}