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 "case_id": "t2-09-004",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2-09-004": {
   "ds": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "accept"
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-038",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T11:00:00Z",
 "verdict_note": "Patna HC judgment (Govt Appeal SJ 65/1990, Dharnidhar Jha, 2 May 2011) confirms Special Magistrate CBI Patna convicted OIC Wasimuddin + SI Binda Prasad (Sabour PS) on 31 Aug 1987 for 1980 blinding of 2 undertrials; appeal allowed in part, acquittal set aside, conviction restored.",
 "state": "Bihar",
 "district": "Bhagalpur",
 "court": "Special Magistrate, CBI, Patna",
 "court_level": "magistrate",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Magistrate, CBI, Patna",
 "case_title": "State (CBI) vs Md. Wasimuddin and others — Trial No. 2 of 1987 (RC 12-13/1981; Sabour P.S. Case No. 11(7)80)",
 "case_number": "Trial No. 2 of 1987",
 "conviction_date": "1987-08-31",
 "conviction_year": 1987,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "1980-07-24",
 "incident_year": 1980,
 "category": "brutality",
 "subcategory": "custodial_torture",
 "raw_subcategory": "custodial_torture",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Officer-in-Charge (Sub-Inspector/Inspector, Sabour Police Station)",
   "unit": "Sabour Police Station, Bhagalpur, Bihar Police",
   "publish_grade": "named_safe",
   "name_public": "Md. Wasimuddin",
   "display": "Md. Wasimuddin (Officer-in-Charge (Sub-Inspector/Inspector, Sabour Police Station))",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": "Md. Wasimuddin"
  },
  {
   "rank": "Sub-Inspector",
   "unit": "Sabour Police Station, Bhagalpur, Bihar Police",
   "publish_grade": "named_safe",
   "name_public": "Binda Prasad",
   "display": "Binda Prasad (Sub-Inspector)",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": "Binda Prasad"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Bhagalpur man"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Bhagalpur man"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "IPC 120B r/w 326",
  "IPC 326",
  "IPC 220"
 ],
 "sentence": "Trial court (31.8.1987): Wasimuddin — 2y RI (120B r/w 326) + 3y RI and Rs 1,000 fine (326; 1y SI in default) + 2y RI (220 IPC), concurrent; Binda Prasad — 2y RI (120B r/w 326). First appeal (14th ADJ Patna) acquitted all; Patna HC (Govt. Appeal (SJ) 65/1990, Dharnidhar Jha, J., 2 May 2011) set aside the acquittal of Wasimuddin and Binda Prasad, restored the trial conviction/sentence and ordered surrender; third co-accused [name withheld]'s acquittal maintained (not listed as officer)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 3,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1688817/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1688817/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/amp/bihar-election/news/bhagalpur-blindings-case-operation-gangajal-congress-bjp-136220354.html"
 ],
 "summary": "The Special Magistrate, CBI, Patna convicted OIC Md. Wasimuddin and SI Binda Prasad of Sabour PS on 31 August 1987 (Trial No. 2 of 1987, RC 12-13/1981) for the 1980 Bhagalpur blinding of two undertrial prisoners (PWs 1-2), whose eyes were pierced and acid poured, holding them guilty under IPC Sections 120B r/w 326 (plus Sections 326 and 220 for Wasimuddin). After the 14th Additional Sessions Judge, Patna acquitted all accused on first appeal, the Patna High Court on 2 May 2011 allowed the CBI's appeal in part, calling the acquittal perverse, restoring the trial conviction and sentence against Wasimuddin and Binda Prasad and directing them to surrender to serve it. (Press accounts claiming 'life imprisonment' are contradicted by the judgment text, which records 2-3 year terms.)",
 "court_quote": "The present appeal has been preferred by the [name withheld] through Special Police Establishment, CBI, Patna to challenge the judgment of acquittal passed by learned 14th Additional Sessions Judge, Patna.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-09",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-09-004": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "subcategory_display": "custodial torture",
 "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": "t2-09-004=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "Trial No. 2 of 1987 arising out of RC 12 and 13 of 1981 (CBI/SPE Patna; Sabour P.S. Case No. 11(7)80) — State (CBI) vs Md. Wasimuddin and others; Govt. Appeal (SJ) No. 65 of 1990",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}