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 "case_id": "t2-12-007",
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 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2-12-007": {
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   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag",
   "union": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-039",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:01:01Z",
 "verdict_note": "Addl Sessions Judge convicted TSR rifleman of shooting colleagues; life + fine; HC appeal dismissed.",
 "state": "Tripura",
 "district": "Sepahijala",
 "court": "Tripura High Court",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "trial_court_name": "Additional Sessions Judge, Sepahijala Judicial District, Bishalgarh",
 "case_title": "State v. Sepahijala Police Rifleman (Constable), Tripura State Rifles",
 "case_number": "S.T.(Type-1) 07/2022",
 "conviction_date": "2023-12-11",
 "conviction_year": 2023,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2021-12-04",
 "incident_year": 2021,
 "category": "brutality",
 "subcategory": "other",
 "raw_subcategory": "other",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Rifleman (Constable), Tripura State Rifles",
   "unit": "Konaban GCS camp unit, 5th Bn TSR (IR-I), Sepahijala",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Rifleman (Constable), Tripura State Rifles, Konaban GCS camp unit, 5th Bn TSR (IR-I), Sepahijala",
   "key2_union": "unclear",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Sepahijala man"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Sepahijala man"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "IPC 302"
 ],
 "sentence": "Rigorous imprisonment for life + Rs 50,000 fine (1 year further RI in default), pronounced 12/12/2023; press also reported an additional 1 year for escaping the scene",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://rawlaw.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Sri-Sukanta-Das.pdf",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://rawlaw.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Sri-Sukanta-Das.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://tripurachronicle.in/local-news/tsr-constable-gets-life-term-for-killing-two-colleagues-in-2021/"
 ],
 "summary": "Additional Sessions Judge, Sepahijala Judicial District, Bishalgarh, in S.T.(Type-1) 07 of 2022 convicted TSR Rifleman under Section 302 IPC (judgment 11/12/2023, sentence 12/12/2023) for opening fire with his service weapon at Konaban GCS camp on 04/12/2021 during a leave dispute, killing Sub(GD) a Sepahijala man on the spot and seriously injuring NK-Sub(GD) a Sepahijala man who tried to snatch the weapon. He was sentenced to RI for life with a Rs 50,000 fine. The Tripura High Court (Crl.A.(J) 22/2024, decided 24/06/2025) dismissed his appeal and affirmed the conviction and sentence, holding denial of leave could not justify shooting a superior.",
 "court_quote": null,
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-12",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-12-007": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V1 · Provenance checked — internal only",
 "tier_badge": null,
 "subcategory_display": "other",
 "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": "t2-12-007=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "S.T.(Type-1) 07 of 2022 — State vs Rifleman (FIR: Madhupur PS, on complaint of Adjutant, 5th Bn TSR)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}