{
 "case_id": "t2-20261006-001",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
 "verify_passes": {},
 "verified_by": "source-document-review-2026-10-06",
 "verified_at": "2026-10-06T00:00:00Z",
 "verdict_note": "Official VACB PDF read, including visual review of both pages. Conviction established by the agency release; trial judgment, exact conviction date, case number, statutory sections, count-wise sentence and subsequent appeal outcome not verified. No independent naming keys or legal review; name withheld.",
 "state": "Kerala",
 "district": "Wayanad",
 "court": "Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Thalassery",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Thalassery",
 "case_title": "State v. Kerala Police Assistant Sub-Inspector",
 "case_number": null,
 "conviction_date": null,
 "conviction_year": 2026,
 "date_precision": "unknown",
 "conviction_date_note": "official PDF dated 19 August 2026; release index dated 20 August 2026; exact judgment date not stated",
 "report_date": "2026-08-20",
 "incident_date": null,
 "incident_year": null,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Assistant Sub-Inspector",
   "unit": "Circle Inspector office, Pulppalli, Kerala Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "name": null,
   "display": "Assistant Sub-Inspector, Circle Inspector office, Pulppalli, Kerala Police",
   "key2_union": null,
   "gate_reasons": [
    "naming_keys_not_run",
    "subsequent_history_not_verified",
    "legal_review_not_run"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [],
 "sentence": "Seven years of imprisonment across counts and Rs 50,000 fine, as reported by VACB; count-wise terms and effective maximum term not stated.",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "appeal_status": "unknown",
 "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/hfnW1UpbGTanxOgQf9wbOpcS6VoOfIH3lSVKKc08.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "Kerala VACB records that the Thalassery Vigilance Court convicted a former Assistant Sub-Inspector in the Pulppalli Circle Inspector's office for accepting a Rs 10,000 bribe after threatening to add a Gudalur complainant to a kidnapping case registered against a relative in 2016. The release describes a Rs 30,000 demand and acceptance of the first instalment in a vigilance trap. It reports seven years of imprisonment across statutory counts and a Rs 50,000 fine, but gives no count-wise terms or concurrency direction. The PDF is dated 19 August 2026 while the official release index lists 20 August; neither date is coded as the exact conviction date. Later appeal outcome is unverified.",
 "court_quote": null,
 "confidence": "medium",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "police-convictions-review-2026-10-06",
 "verification_badge": "V1 · Official release; judgment not checked",
 "tier_badge": "Officially recorded",
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "last_checked": "2026-10-06",
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "followup_history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-10-06",
   "scope": "Missing conviction added from official Kerala VACB release; exact trial date and appeal outcome remain unverified. Officer name withheld.",
   "source": "https://vigilance.kerala.gov.in/storage/pressreleases/hfnW1UpbGTanxOgQf9wbOpcS6VoOfIH3lSVKKc08.pdf"
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State v. Kerala Police Assistant Sub-Inspector",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}