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 "case_id": "t2-01-018",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2-01-018": {
   "ds": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
  }
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify2-chunk-025 (SECOND independent pass — do not read any other verifier's output)",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:57:46.443336+00:00",
 "verdict_note": "English DVAC press note confirms CJM/Special Court Thoothukudi conviction of DSP, Spl.Case No.1/2013.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Thoothukudi",
 "court": "Chief Judicial Magistrate / Special Court, Thoothukudi",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Chief Judicial Magistrate / Special Court, Thoothukudi",
 "case_title": "State (DVAC) v. Thoothukudi Police Deputy Superintendent of Police",
 "case_number": "Spl.Case No.1/2013 (RC.267/2011/pol/Tk)",
 "conviction_date": "2023-08-23",
 "conviction_year": 2023,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2011-01-01",
 "incident_year": 2011,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Deputy Superintendent of Police",
   "unit": "Thoothukudi Rural Sub-division, Thoothukudi district",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Deputy Superintendent of Police, Thoothukudi Rural Sub-division, Thoothukudi district",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Thoothukudi resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "2 years SI + Rs.25,000 fine (default 2 months SI) u/s 7; 2 years + Rs.25,000 fine u/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d); concurrent; total fine Rs.50,000, for demand and acceptance of Rs.50,000 bribe",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "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/2023/23-08-2023-Judgement-CJM_SJ%2C%20TUT%2C%20convicted%20the%20accused%20Tr.N.Jeyakumar%2C%20former%20DSP%2C%20TUT%20Rural%20Sub-division.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/Press_Release.html"
 ],
 "summary": "The DVAC press note states former DSP of Thoothukudi Rural Sub-division was convicted by the CJM/Special Court, Thoothukudi in Spl.Case No.1/2013 on 23.08.2023 for demand and acceptance of Rs.50,000 bribe, and sentenced to 2 years simple imprisonment with total fine Rs.50,000. He is the senior-most officer (DSP rank) in this batch.",
 "court_quote": "Today 23.08.2023 Thoothukudi detachment Spl.Case No.1/2013 (RC.267/2011/pol/Tk) CJM / Spl.Court Thoothukudi has convicted the accused Tr. N.[name withheld], Dy. Supdt of Police, Thoothukudi Rural Sub-division, Thoothukudi District for demand and acceptance of Rs.50,000/-.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-01",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-01-018": "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": "t2-01-018=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (DVAC) v. Thoothukudi Police Deputy Superintendent of Police",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}