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 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T18:40:00+05:30",
 "verdict_note": "[name withheld] Special Court convicted HC S. Viswam (S.C.No.32/2011); HC dismissed appeal 10.12.2018.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Tiruchirappalli",
 "court": "Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Tiruchirappalli",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Tiruchirappalli",
 "case_title": "State (V&AC Tiruchirappalli) v. S. Viswam (A1) & Ors",
 "case_number": "S.C.No.32 of 2011",
 "conviction_date": "2012",
 "conviction_year": 2012,
 "date_precision": "year",
 "incident_date": "2003-06-13",
 "incident_year": 2003,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Head Constable (A1)",
   "unit": "Lalgudi Police Station, Tiruchirappalli",
   "publish_grade": "named_safe",
   "name_public": "S. Viswam",
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   "name": "S. Viswam"
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 "victims": [
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   "descriptor": "Tiruchirappalli resident"
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 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "1 year RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.7) and 3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)). Co-accused A2 and A3 acquitted by trial court. Appeal dismissed; conviction and sentence confirmed by Madras HC (Madurai Bench, Justice P. Velmurugan) on 10 December 2018.",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 3,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/193212716/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
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 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/193212716/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Tiruchirappalli Special Court for PC Act cases convicted Head Constable S. Viswam of Lalgudi police station (A1) for demanding a Rs.3,000 bribe to release a milk van seized after a 12 June 2003 accident near Lalgudi and to issue the Motor Vehicle Inspector requisition, sentencing him to 1 year RI under PC Act s.7 and 3 years RI under s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d), while acquitting A2 and A3. The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on 10 December 2018 dismissed his appeal (CRL.A.(MD)No.254 of 2012), holding the prosecution proved demand and acceptance beyond reasonable doubt, and directed police to secure him for the remaining sentence.",
 "court_quote": "the 1st accused demanded a sum of Rs.3,000/-as bribe from the P.W.3.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w2-04",
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  "date": "2026-09-19",
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  "noted": []
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 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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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": "t2w2-04-005=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
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 "case_title_or_number": "State (V&AC Tiruchirappalli) v. S. Viswam (A1) & Ors — S.C.No.32 of 2011",
 "service": "police",
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}