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 "case_id": "t2-01-016",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2-01-016": {
   "ds": "flag",
   "muse": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
  }
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 "verified_by": "t2verify-chunk-02",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-17T22:46:00Z",
 "verdict_note": "DVAC press note (Tamil, read in full) confirms Spl. Court Coimbatore convicted HC on 27.09.2024; sections and sentence stated in note.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Coimbatore",
 "court": "Special Court for trial of cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Coimbatore",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Court for trial of cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Coimbatore",
 "case_title": "State (DVAC) v. Coimbatore Police Head Constable (HC 262)",
 "case_number": "Spl.C.C.No.47/2011",
 "conviction_date": "2024-09-27",
 "conviction_year": 2024,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2008-11-07",
 "incident_year": 2008,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Head Constable (HC 262)",
   "unit": "Thudiyalur Police Station, Coimbatore district",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable (HC 262), Thudiyalur Police Station, Coimbatore district",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Coimbatore man"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "1 year RI + Rs.5,000 fine u/s 7; 1 year RI + Rs.5,000 fine u/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) (press-page link text says Rs.10,000 total)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 1,
 "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/2024/27-09-2024-Judgement%20-%20SJ%20Coimbatore%20convicted%20the%20accused%20Ravichandran%2C%20HC%2C%20Thudiyalur%20PS%2C%20Coimbatore.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/Press_Release.html",
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/convictions.html",
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/convictions.html (entry: HC Thudiyalur PS, Spl.C.C.No.47/2011)"
 ],
 "summary": "The DVAC press note (Tamil) states HC 262 [name withheld] of Thudiyalur P.S. demanded Rs.4,600 (settled Rs.4,000) from complainant [name withheld] to release his vehicle and 'take care of the case', threatening remand otherwise, was trapped accepting Rs.4,000 at the station on 07.11.2008, and was convicted by the Special Court, Coimbatore on 27.09.2024.",
 "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": {
   "t2-01-016": "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",
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  {
   "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": "t2-01-016=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (DVAC) v. Coimbatore Police Head Constable (HC 262)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}