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 "case_id": "t2-01-007",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
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   "ds": "flag",
   "muse": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2verify-chunk-01",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T04:08:00Z",
 "verdict_note": "Conviction verified from official DVAC press-note PDF; subcategory corrected bribery -> bribery_pc_act.",
 "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 Inspector of Police",
 "case_number": "DVAC Hqrs Cr. No. 12/2008/AC/Hqrs (CCB Cr. Nos. 341/2008 & 767/2008)",
 "conviction_date": "2025-06-27",
 "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": "Inspector of Police",
   "unit": "XIII Team, Central Crime Branch, Chennai Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Inspector of Police, XIII Team, Central Crime Branch, Chennai Police",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2)",
  "PC Act 1988 s.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/2025/27-06-2025-Judgement%20-%20Tr.Ruskin%2C%20formerly%20Inspector%20of%20Police%2C%20CCB%2C%20Chennai.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/Press_Release.html"
 ],
 "summary": "The DVAC press note states Inspector of CCB Chennai demanded Rs.2,00,000 from complainant [name withheld] to drop action and close CCB cases as civil, reiterated the demand on 17.12.2008 directing the money be handed to HC, and was convicted by the Special Court for PC Act cases, Chennai on 27.06.2025 (charge sheet filed 05.03.2010). Co-accused HC was convicted separately on 30.06.2025.",
 "court_quote": null,
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-01",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-01-007": "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": "t2-01-007=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (DVAC) v. Chennai Police Inspector of Police",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}