{
 "case_id": "t2-01-028",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2-01-028": {
   "ds": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag",
   "union": "flag"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify2-chunk-025 (SECOND independent pass — do not read any other verifier's output)",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:57:46.503946+00:00",
 "verdict_note": "English DVAC press note confirms CJM/Special Judge Madurai conviction of V&AC Inspector.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Madurai",
 "court": "Chief Judicial Magistrate / Special Judge, Madurai",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Chief Judicial Magistrate / Special Judge, Madurai",
 "case_title": "State (DVAC) v. Madurai Police Inspector of Police",
 "case_number": null,
 "conviction_date": "2020-12-14",
 "conviction_year": 2020,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2010-01-01",
 "incident_year": 2010,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Inspector of Police",
   "unit": "Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Madurai detachment",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Madurai detachment",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Madurai resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "3 years RI + Rs.2,000 fine",
 "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/2020/14-12-2020%20-%20Judgement%20-%20Tr.S.P.S.Perumalpandian%2C%20formerly%20Inspector%20of%20Police%2C%20V%26AC%2C%20Madurai.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/Press_Release.html"
 ],
 "summary": "The DVAC press note states former Inspector of V&AC Madurai itself demanded and accepted Rs.1,20,000 through private individual Namachivayam to finalise a disproportionate-assets case in the complainant's favour, and was convicted by the CJM/Special Judge, Madurai on 14.12.2020. Notable: a vigilance-police officer convicted in a DVAC prosecution.",
 "court_quote": "In the case of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Madurai Detachment for the year 2010, the CJM/Special Judge, Madurai on 14.12.2020, pronounced judgement of conviction against Tr.[name withheld].[name withheld], formerly Inspector of Police, V&AC, Madurai for undergo 3 years Rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs.2,000/- for the demand and acceptance of Rs. 1,20,000/- through Tr.Namachivayam, the Private individual.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-01",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-01-028": "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": "t2-01-028=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (DVAC) v. Madurai Police Inspector of Police",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}