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 "case_id": "t2-01-019",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2-01-019": {
   "ds": "flag",
   "muse": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2verify-chunk-03",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-17T22:08:36Z",
 "verdict_note": "Official DVAC press note verified reachable; Tamil content per filename plus agent translation.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Chengalpattu",
 "court": "Court of 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. Chengalpattu Police Head Constable",
 "case_number": "Uthiramerur PS trap case (Crl. Appeal decided 21.04.2023)",
 "conviction_date": "2019-01-30",
 "conviction_year": 2019,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2008-12-16",
 "incident_year": 2008,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "unit": "Uthiramerur Police Station, Kancheepuram district (at offence, 2006–2008)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable, Uthiramerur Police Station, Kancheepuram district (at offence, 2006–2008)",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Chengalpattu resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine u/s 7; 3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine u/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) (Tamil OCR reads Rs.3,000 on second count; link text Rs.5,000)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 3,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/pdf/Press_Release/2023/21-04-2023-Judgement%20-%20CJM%20Chenani%2C%20SJ%2C%20CNI%2C%20convicted%20the%20accused%20Tr.Chandrasekar%2C%20Head%20Constable%2C%20Chennai.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/Press_Release.html"
 ],
 "summary": "The DVAC press note (Tamil) states HC of Uthiramerur P.S. accepted Rs.5,000 from complainant [name withheld] on 16.12.2008 to release his seized two-wheeler, was convicted by the CJM cum Special Judge, Chengalpattu on 30.01.2019, appealed to the Madras High Court, and Justice Jayachandran confirmed (upheld) the conviction on 21.04.2023. Appeal status verified from this official note; appellate judgment URL pending T2-20 lookup.",
 "court_quote": null,
 "confidence": "medium",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-01",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-01-019": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [
   "sentence"
  ],
  "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": "t2-01-019=holds",
   "corrections_applied": [
    "sentence"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (DVAC) v. Chengalpattu Police Head Constable",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}