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 "case_id": "t2w2-02-013",
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 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
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  "t2w2-02-013": {
   "ds": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-051",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:05:55Z",
 "verdict_note": "Vigilance-court conviction of ASI upheld by Patna HC; surrender ordered.",
 "state": "Bihar",
 "district": "Patna",
 "court": "Patna High Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge, Vigilance-1st, Patna",
 "case_title": "State vs Bihar Police Assistant Sub-Inspector",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal (SJ) No. 184 of 2009",
 "conviction_date": "2019-04-11",
 "conviction_year": 2019,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "1988-09-04",
 "incident_year": 1988,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Assistant Sub-Inspector",
   "unit": "Dhanarua Police Station, Patna district, Bihar Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Assistant Sub-Inspector, Dhanarua Police Station, Patna district, Bihar Police",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Patna resident"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Patna resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "Trial court: 2 years RI + Rs 1,000 fine u/s 7; 2 years RI + Rs 1,000 fine u/s 13(2)/13(1)(d) (3 months SI in default of each); concurrent. UPHELD: Patna HC (Aditya Kumar Trivedi, J., Cr. App (SJ) 184/2009, 11 April 2019, AIRONLINE 2019 PAT 479) dismissed the appeal — twin requirements (demand + voluntary acceptance) proved, Sec 20 presumption unrebutted; bail cancelled, surrender within fortnight",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/57182971/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/57182971/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "Special Judge (Vigilance-1st), Patna convicted ASI of Dhanarua PS on 21 February 2009 in Special Case No. 65/1998 for demanding Rs 1,000 from [name withheld] of Majhanpura to spare his brother [name withheld] (arrested at 3 AM on 4 September 1988 despite a bail order, assaulted, released after the father paid Rs 400), holding him guilty under PC Act Sections 7 and 13(2)/13(1)(d) with 2 years RI per count. The Patna High Court on 11 April 2019 dismissed his appeal, holding demand and voluntary acceptance proved and the Section 20 presumption unrebutted, and ordered him to surrender.",
 "court_quote": "It is crystal clear that the twin requirements as held by the Apex Court is found duly substantiated whereupon, this appeal lacks merit and is, accordingly, dismissed.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w2-02",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w2-02-013": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V1 · Provenance checked — internal only",
 "tier_badge": null,
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "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": "t2w2-02-013=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "Special Case No. 65/1998 arising out of Vigilance P.S. Case No. 43/88 — State (Vigilance) vs [name withheld] (Cr. App (SJ) No. 184 of 2009)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}