{
 "case_id": "t2-01-024",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2-01-024": {
   "ds": "flag",
   "muse": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
  }
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 "verified_by": "t2verify-chunk-05",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-17T22:25:00Z",
 "verdict_note": "DVAC-hosted Tamil press note read in full confirms SI, PS, Rs.500 trap of 04.02.2009, CJM-cum-Special Judge Erode conviction on 27.09.2022.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Erode",
 "court": "Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Special Judge, Erode",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Special Judge, Erode (Judge Saravanan)",
 "case_title": "State (DVAC) vs Erode Police Sub-Inspector of Police",
 "case_number": null,
 "conviction_date": "2022-09-27",
 "conviction_year": 2022,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2009-02-04",
 "incident_year": 2009,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Sub-Inspector of Police",
   "unit": "Ammapettai Police Station, Erode district",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Sub-Inspector of Police, Ammapettai Police Station, Erode district",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Erode resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 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(1)(d); concurrent",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 3,
 "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/2022/27-09-2022-Judgement-CJM%2C%20Erode%2C%20convicted%20the%20accused%20Tr.V.Chandran%2C%20SI%2C%20Ammapettai%20P.S.%2C%20Erode.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/Press_Release.html"
 ],
 "summary": "The DVAC-hosted press note (a Tamil newspaper clipping PDF) states SI of [name withheld]S. kept complainant [name withheld]'s original driving licence and demanded Rs.500 to return it, was arrested by Erode V&AC on 04.02.2009, and was convicted by the CJM cum Special Judge, Erode (Judge Saravanan) on 27.09.2022. Medium confidence: source is an officially hosted press clipping rather than a DVAC-authored note.",
 "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": {
   "t2-01-024": "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": "t2-01-024=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (DVAC) v. Erode Police Sub-Inspector of Police",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}