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 "case_id": "t2-02-006",
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  "t2-17-022"
 ],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
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   "ds": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag",
   "union": "flag"
  },
  "t2-17-022": {
   "ds": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "accept"
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 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify2-chunk-046 (SECOND independent pass — do not read any other verifier's output)",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:42:42Z",
 "verdict_note": "Special Vigilance Court Sambalpur convicted ex-Traffic SI of Rs 5,000 bribe; 2 yrs RI + fine.",
 "state": "Odisha",
 "district": "Sambalpur",
 "court": "Special Judge (Vigilance), Sambalpur",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge (Vigilance), Sambalpur",
 "case_title": "Sambalpur Resident (Odisha Vigilance) v. [name withheld]",
 "case_number": "Sambalpur Vigilance PS Case No. 15/2011",
 "conviction_date": "2026-02-27",
 "conviction_year": 2026,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": null,
 "incident_year": null,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Traffic Sub-Inspector (Retired)",
   "unit": "Traffic Police, Sambalpur",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Traffic Sub-Inspector (Retired), Traffic Police, Sambalpur",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Sambalpur resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "2 years rigorous imprisonment and fine",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "news",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://sambadenglish.com/latest-news/odisha-former-traffic-sub-inspector-convicted-in-bribery-case-sentenced-to-two-years-ri-11161605",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://ommcomnews.com/odisha-news/former-traffic-inspector-jailed-for-two-years-for-taking-bribe-in-sambalpur/",
  "https://pragativadi.com/ex-traffic-cop-watershed-officer-jailed-after-vigilance-secures-conviction-in-bribery-cases/",
  "https://www.orissahighcourt.nic.in/uploads/cases_filed/1774265549.pdf"
 ],
 "summary": "The Special Judge (Vigilance), Sambalpur convicted retired Traffic Sub-Inspector for demanding and accepting a Rs.5,000 bribe from an auto-rickshaw driver to release a seized vehicle and refrain from legal action. The court sentenced him to 2 years rigorous imprisonment with a fine on 27 February 2026. Odisha Vigilance said it would move for stoppage of his pension.",
 "court_quote": "Special Vigilance Court finds ex-official guilty of taking Rs 5,000 bribe in Sambalpur",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-02+t2-17",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-02-006": "holds",
   "t2-17-022": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "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": "t2-02-006=holds, t2-17-022=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "Vigilance bribery case (Rs.5,000 for release of seized auto-rickshaw)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}