{
 "case_id": "t2-01-014",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2-01-014": {
   "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 CJM cum Special Judge Chengalpattu (06.01.2025).",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Chennai",
 "court": "Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Special Judge, Chengalpattu",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Special Judge, Chengalpattu",
 "case_title": "State (DVAC) v. Greater Chennai Police Inspector of Police",
 "case_number": "DVAC Hqrs Cr.No.23/2011 (charge sheet 06.11.2013)",
 "conviction_date": "2025-01-06",
 "conviction_year": 2025,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2011-11-21",
 "incident_year": 2011,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Inspector of Police",
   "unit": "S-8 Adambakkam Police Station (Crime), Greater Chennai Police (Chengalpattu court jurisdiction)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Inspector of Police, S-8 Adambakkam Police Station (Crime), Greater Chennai Police (Chengalpattu court jurisdiction)",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Chennai resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "2 years SI + Rs.10,000 fine (default 1 month SI) u/s 7; 2 years imprisonment + Rs.10,000 fine (default 1 month SI) u/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d); 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/2025/06-01-2025-Judgement%20-%20CJM%20cum%20SJ%2C%20Chengalpet%20convicted%20the%20accused%20Tr.P.Soundararajan%2C%20Inspector%2C%20S-8%20Adambakkam%20PS.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/Press_Release.html",
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/convictions.html (entry: Inspector Adambakkam PS, Spl.C.C.No.09/2013 — lists conviction as 27.12.2024; press note 'Today (06.01.2025)' taken as authoritative)"
 ],
 "summary": "The DVAC press note states Inspector of S-8 Adambakkam (Crime) P.S. demanded Rs.5,000 monthly mamool from gas-agency owner [name withheld] to not harass his employees or foist false cases, was trapped accepting it at the station on 21.11.2011, and was convicted by the CJM cum Special Judge, Chengalpattu on 06.01.2025 (charge sheet filed 06.11.2013).",
 "court_quote": "Today (06.01.2025) the Hon'ble Chief Judicial Magistrate pronounced the Judgment in this case by convicting the accused Tr.P.Soundarajan to undergo simple Imprisonment for 2 years and shall pay a fine of Rs.10,000/-.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-01",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-01-014": "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": "t2-01-014=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (DVAC) v. Greater Chennai Police Inspector of Police",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}