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 "case_id": "t2-06-002",
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  "t2-16-010"
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 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
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  "t2-06-002": {
   "ds": "flag",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag",
   "union": "accept"
  },
  "t2-16-010": {
   "ds": "flag",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
  }
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-036",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T12:59:52Z",
 "verdict_note": "Trial conviction upheld by Gujarat HC on 14.08.2025 (appeal pursued by convict's heirs after his death).",
 "state": "Gujarat",
 "district": "Botad",
 "court": "Additional Sessions Judge, Bhavnagar",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "trial_court_name": "Additional Sessions Judge, Bhavnagar",
 "case_title": "State of Gujarat vs Botad Police Police Sub-Inspector and others",
 "case_number": null,
 "conviction_date": "2000-11-30",
 "conviction_year": 2000,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "1989-10-27",
 "incident_year": 1989,
 "category": "brutality",
 "subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "raw_subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Police Sub-Inspector",
   "unit": "Savarkundla Town Police Station, Bhavnagar",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Sub-Inspector, Savarkundla Town Police Station, Bhavnagar",
   "key2_union": "unclear",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": 22,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Botad man, age 22"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "IPC 304 Part II",
  "IPC 330",
  "IPC 34"
 ],
 "sentence": "7 years RI (s.304-II) + 3 years RI (s.330); co-accused A2-A7 (police) acquitted at trial",
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": 7,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/cra11382000gjhc24031306200041314082025-615481.pdf",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/cra11382000gjhc24031306200041314082025-615481.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://amreli.nic.in/public-utility/savarkundla-municipality/",
  "https://www.livelaw.in/amp/high-court/gujarat-high-court/gujarat-high-court-custodial-death-1989-case-22-year-old-cop-conviction-300986",
  "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/gujarat-high-court/gujarat-high-court-custodial-death-1989-case-22-year-old-cop-conviction-300986"
 ],
 "summary": "The Additional Sessions Judge, Bhavnagar convicted PSI of Savarkundla Town PS on 30 November 2000 for the custodial death of a 22-year-old theft-inquiry detainee beaten with sticks and fists in October 1989 to extort a confession; the post-mortem recorded 23 external injuries. Six co-accused policemen were acquitted at trial. The Gujarat High Court dismissed the appeal (continued by legal heirs after the appellant's death) and upheld the conviction on 14 August 2025.",
 "court_quote": "the appellant was ultimately convicted for Section 304-II IPC and sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment. He was also convicted for Section 330 IPC and sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-06+t2-16",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
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   "t2-06-002": "holds",
   "t2-16-010": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [
   "sentence"
  ],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V1 · Provenance checked — internal only",
 "tier_badge": null,
 "subcategory_display": "custodial death",
 "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": "t2-06-002=holds, t2-16-010=holds",
   "corrections_applied": [
    "sentence"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State of Gujarat vs Botad Police Police Sub-Inspector",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}