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 "case_id": "t2-01-006",
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 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
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   "ds": "flag",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
  }
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-024",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T12:58:49.635375+00:00",
 "verdict_note": "DVAC press note confirms HC convicted by Special Court Chennai; co-accused Inspector separate entry.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Chennai",
 "court": "Special Court for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Chennai",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Court for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Chennai",
 "case_title": "State (DVAC) v. Chennai Police Head Constable (HC 7620)",
 "case_number": "DVAC Hqrs Cr.No.12/2008/AC/Hqrs (CCB Cr.Nos.341/2008 & 767/2008)",
 "conviction_date": "2025-06-30",
 "conviction_year": 2025,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2008-12-17",
 "incident_year": 2008,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Head Constable (HC 7620)",
   "unit": "XIII Team, Central Crime Branch, Chennai Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable (HC 7620), XIII Team, Central Crime Branch, Chennai Police",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
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 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Chennai resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "4 years RI + Rs.1,00,000 fine (default 3 months SI) u/s 7; 5 years RI + Rs.1,00,000 fine (default 3 months SI) u/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d); concurrent",
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": 5,
 "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/2025/30-06-2025-Judgement%20-%20Tr.S.Mohan%2C%20HC%207620%20CCB%2C%20Chennai.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/Press_Release.html"
 ],
 "summary": "The DVAC press note states HC 7620 [name withheld] of CCB Chennai accepted Rs.2,00,000 from complainant [name withheld] on 17.12.2008 at Inspector's direction, as bribe to drop action and close CCB cases as civil in nature, and was convicted by the Special Court for PC Act cases, Chennai on 30.06.2025 (charge sheet filed 05.03.2010). Co-accused Inspector D.[name withheld] was convicted separately on 27.06.2025.",
 "court_quote": "Today (30.06.2025) the Hon'ble Special Judge, Court for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act Chennai pronounced the Judgment in this case by convicting the accused Tr.S.[name withheld] to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for 4 years and shall pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000/-.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-01",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-01-006": "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": "t2-01-006=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
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 "case_title_or_number": "State (DVAC) v. Chennai Police Head Constable (HC 7620)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}