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 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:00:00Z",
 "verdict_note": "1st AD&SJ Madurai convicted 9 Sathankulam policemen (23 Mar 2026); double death each + Rs 1.40cr compensation (6 Apr 2026).",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Madurai",
 "court": "First Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "trial_court_name": "First Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai (Judge G. Muthukumaran)",
 "case_title": "CBI v. Tamil Nadu Police Inspector (then SHO) and others",
 "case_number": null,
 "conviction_date": "2026-03-23",
 "conviction_year": 2026,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2020-06-19",
 "incident_year": 2020,
 "category": "brutality",
 "subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "raw_subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
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   "rank": "Inspector (then SHO)",
   "unit": "PS Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu Police",
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   "name": null
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   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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   "display": "Head Constable, PS Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu Police",
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   "name": null
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  {
   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "unit": "PS Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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   "display": "Head Constable, PS Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu Police",
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   "name": null
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  {
   "rank": "Police Constable",
   "unit": "PS Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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   "display": "Police Constable, PS Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu Police",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Police Constable",
   "unit": "PS Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable, PS Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu Police",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Police Constable",
   "unit": "PS Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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   "display": "Police Constable, PS Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu Police",
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   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Police Constable",
   "unit": "PS Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable, PS Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu Police",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
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 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": 59,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Madurai man, age 59"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": 31,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Madurai man, age 31"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "IPC s.342 (wrongful confinement)",
  "IPC s.195 (false evidence)",
  "IPC s.211 (false charge)",
  "IPC s.218 (public servant framing incorrect record)",
  "IPC s.302 (murder) read with ss.109 and 34"
 ],
 "sentence": "Death penalty to all nine (quantum pronounced 06.04.2026; convicted of murder and destruction of evidence earlier)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation",
 "primary_source_url": "https://cbi.gov.in/press-detail/NzY3NQ==",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/national/news/madurai-court-custodial-death-case-rarest-rare-father-son-died-9-policemen-sentenced-death-tamil-nad-137629763.html",
  "https://lawstreet.co/judiciary/rarest-of-rare-madurai-court-awards-death-sentence-to-9-cops-in-sathankulam-custodial-death-case",
  "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/sathankulam-custodial-deaths-nine-cops-sentenced-to-death/articleshow/130061312.cms",
  "https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/sathankulam-custodial-deaths-madurai-court-convicts-9-police-personnel-for-murder-of-father-son-duo",
  "https://www.livelaw.in/articles/nine-policemen-sentenced-death-sathankulam-custodial-killings-530281",
  "https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/sathankulam-custodial-death-madurai-court-nine-police-officers-found-guilty-527520",
  "https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/sathankulam-custodial-death-nine-police-officers-sentenced-to-death-529197",
  "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/04/07/sathankulam-judgment-666290.pdf",
  "https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2026/04/08/death-penalty-to-9-police-officials-custodial-death-torture/",
  "https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sathankulam-custodial-deaths-court-awards-death-penalty-to-9-police-personnel/article70831092.ece"
 ],
 "summary": "The I Additional District Judge, Madurai awarded the death penalty to nine Sathankulam police personnel, holding the custodial torture and deaths of father and son [name withheld] and [name withheld] a rarest-of-the-rare case of abuse of authority. The court found the duo were wrongfully confined on 19.06.2020 and brutally tortured on the night of 19-20 June 2020, dying on 22-23 June 2020. The CBI, which took over the case from Tamil Nadu Police, chargesheeted all nine within 90 days and examined 52 witnesses at trial. Conviction date precedes the 06.04.2026 sentencing date per the PR; death sentence is subject to mandatory High Court confirmation (status unverified).",
 "court_quote": null,
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-13+t2-14+t2-16+t2-17+t2-18",
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  "date": "2026-09-19",
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   "t2-13-003": "holds",
   "t2-14-009": "holds",
   "t2-16-001": "holds",
   "t2-17-001": "wrong_facts",
   "t2-18-010": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [
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  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "subcategory_display": "custodial death",
 "last_checked": "2026-10-06",
 "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": "t2-13-003=holds, t2-14-009=holds, t2-16-001=holds, t2-17-001=wrong_facts, t2-18-010=holds",
   "corrections_applied": [
    "sections"
   ]
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-06",
   "scope": "Use CBI official 6 April 2026 sentencing release as primary evidence; remove paraphrase incorrectly presented as court quote. Conviction and sentencing dates remain distinct.",
   "source": "https://cbi.gov.in/press-detail/NzY3NQ==",
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 "case_title_or_number": "CBI v. Tamil Nadu Police Inspector (then SHO)",
 "service": "police",
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}