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 "case_id": "t2-13-018",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
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   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify2-chunk-041 (SECOND independent pass — do not read any other verifier's output)",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:49:28Z",
 "verdict_note": "CBI PR confirms 5-yr RI for OC Barabazar for custodial torture driving a Purulia man to suicide in 1998.",
 "state": "West Bengal",
 "district": "Purulia",
 "court": "Additional District Judge, Purulia",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "trial_court_name": "Additional District Judge, Purulia",
 "case_title": "CBI v. West Bengal Police Officer-in-Charge (then OC)",
 "case_number": "FIR 5/98, PS Barabazar",
 "conviction_date": "2023-02-22",
 "conviction_year": 2023,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "1998-02-16",
 "incident_year": 1998,
 "category": "brutality",
 "subcategory": "custodial_torture",
 "raw_subcategory": "custodial_torture",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Officer-in-Charge (then OC)",
   "unit": "PS Barabazar, Purulia, West Bengal Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Officer-in-Charge (then OC), PS Barabazar, Purulia, West Bengal Police",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Purulia man"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "Rigorous imprisonment 5 years (fine, if any, unstated)",
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": 5,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://cbi.gov.in/press-detail/NTUzOQ==",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Additional District Judge, Purulia sentenced Barabazar Officer-in-[name withheld] to 5 years' RI for the brutal custodial torture of a Purulia man, who committed suicide on 16.02.1998 in Purulia district jail's cell block as a consequence. The CBI took over FIR 5/98 on Calcutta High Court orders, chargesheeted Roy in 2001, and the trial examined 46 prosecution witnesses with 75 exhibits. Conviction found by the trial court; PR dated 22.02.2023 is treated as the sentence date.",
 "court_quote": "The ADJ, Purulia (West Bengal) has sentenced Shri [name withheld], then Officer-in-charge, Police Station, Barabazar, Purulia (West Bengal) to undergo five years Rigorous Imprisonment in a suicide case.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-13",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-13-018": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V1 · Provenance checked — internal only",
 "tier_badge": null,
 "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": "t2-13-018=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "CBI v. West Bengal Police Officer-in-Charge (then OC)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}