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 "case_id": "t2w2-04-004",
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 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
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   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify2-chunk-054 (SECOND independent pass — do not read any other verifier's output)",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:40:03Z",
 "verdict_note": "HC judgment text confirms Sivagangai Special Court conviction (10-03-2016); s.7 conviction sustained, sentence cut to 6 months RI.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Sivagangai",
 "court": "Special Court for Trial of Cases under Prevention of Corruption Act, Sivagangai",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Court for Trial of Cases under Prevention of Corruption Act, Sivagangai",
 "case_title": "State (V&AC Sivagangai, Cr.No.1/2010) v. Sivagangai Police Head Constable (A1) and others",
 "case_number": "Spl.C.No.52 of 2014",
 "conviction_date": "2016-03-10",
 "conviction_year": 2016,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2010-01-06",
 "incident_year": 2010,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Head Constable (A1)",
   "unit": "Puluthipatti Police Station, Thiruppathur Taluk, Sivagangai",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable (A1), Puluthipatti Police Station, Thiruppathur Taluk, Sivagangai",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Police Constable (A2)",
   "unit": "Puluthipatti Police Station, Thiruppathur Taluk, Sivagangai",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable (A2), Puluthipatti Police Station, Thiruppathur Taluk, Sivagangai",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
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 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Sivagangai man"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "Trial court: 3 years RI + Rs.1,000 fine each under s.7 and 3 years RI + Rs.1,000 fine each under s.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d), concurrent. On appeal (Crl.A(MD)Nos.98 & 101/2016, 12 April 2022, Justice G. Ilangovan): s.13(2) conviction set aside; s.7 conviction sustained with sentence reduced to 6 months RI.",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 3,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/26786347/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/26786347/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Sivagangai Special Court for PC Act cases on 10 March 2016 convicted Head Constable and Constable of Puluthipatti police station for demanding and accepting a Rs.500 bribe on 6 January 2010 to send a passport verification report to the Regional Passport Office, Madurai, sentencing each to 3 years RI under both PC Act s.7 and s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d) after a trap by V&AC Sivagangai (Cr.No.1/2010). The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on 12 April 2022 sustained the s.7 conviction but set aside the s.13(2) conviction and reduced the sentence to six months RI given the small amount and age of the matter.",
 "court_quote": "The conviction imposed on the appellants under Section 7 of the Act, is sustained.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w2-04",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w2-04-004": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": [
   "t2w2-04-004:appeal_status_note"
  ]
 },
 "verification_badge": "V1 · Provenance checked — internal only",
 "tier_badge": null,
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "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": "t2w2-04-004=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (V&AC Sivagangai, Cr.No.1/2010) v. Sivagangai Police Head Constable (A1) and others",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}