{
 "case_id": "t2-11-001",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2-11-001": {
   "ds": "accept",
   "muse": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
  }
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 "verified_by": "t2verify-chunk-03",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-17T22:08:36Z",
 "verdict_note": "Two independent reports confirm Kollam vigilance conviction; 4 years concurrent plus Rs 20,000 fine. Official VACB release checked 6 October 2026: seven years is the aggregate across concurrent counts, not the maximum term.",
 "state": "Kerala",
 "district": "Kollam",
 "court": "Special Court (Vigilance), Kollam",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge (Vigilance), Kollam (Judge Mohit C S)",
 "case_title": "State (VACB) v. Kerala Police Grade Sub-Inspector (former)",
 "case_number": null,
 "conviction_date": "2026-01-31",
 "conviction_year": 2026,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": null,
 "incident_year": 2015,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Grade Sub-Inspector (former)",
   "unit": "Kerala Police (bribe taken inside police station on duty, in uniform; exact station not stated)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Grade Sub-Inspector (former), Kerala Police (bribe taken inside police station on duty, in uniform; exact station not stated)",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13"
 ],
 "sentence": "3 years imprisonment under s.7 plus 4 years under s.13, Prevention of Corruption Act, and Rs 20,000 fine",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 4,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "Kerala Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau",
 "primary_source_url": "https://vigilance.kerala.gov.in/storage/pressreleases/YiC1FwylpCwkinZ1Bgx68D9gIKMkmmWNGGbbncBe.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3788495-kerala-court-sentences-ex-policeman-to-4-years-of-imprisonment-for-taking-bribe",
  "https://techwordnews.com/ex-si-gets-4-years-in-jail-for-taking-bribe/"
 ],
 "summary": "Kollam Special Judge (Vigilance) Mohit C S convicted and sentenced former grade Sub-Inspector (63) for taking a bribe to release a two-wheeler involved in a road accident and issue the FIR copy. The prosecution, led by public prosecutor Siju Rajan, proved [name withheld] took Rs 1,500 for the FIR copy and Rs 2,000 for releasing the vehicle, and was caught in a vigilance trap; he had also demanded bribes for registering the crime and issuing the mahazar copy. The court noted he accepted the gratification inside the police station during duty hours and in uniform, rejecting his claim of an unblemished 30-year service record.",
 "court_quote": null,
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-11",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-11-001": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [
   "sentence"
  ],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V1 · Provenance checked — internal only",
 "tier_badge": null,
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "last_checked": "2026-10-06",
 "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": "t2-11-001=holds",
   "corrections_applied": [
    "sentence"
   ]
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-06",
   "scope": "Add the official Kerala VACB release as primary evidence. The release totals seven years across counts and explicitly says sentences run concurrently; it does not establish a seven-year maximum term. Existing maximum term retained from the separately cited news account.",
   "source": "https://vigilance.kerala.gov.in/storage/pressreleases/YiC1FwylpCwkinZ1Bgx68D9gIKMkmmWNGGbbncBe.pdf",
   "corrections_applied": [
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    "secondary_sources",
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    "source_agency",
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   ]
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (VACB) vs Kerala Police Grade Sub-Inspector (former)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}