{
 "case_id": "t2w2-04-019",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w2-04-019": {
   "ds": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-055",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:09:39Z",
 "verdict_note": "Trial conviction of head constable confirmed by Madras HC on 19.02.2018.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Krishnagiri",
 "court": "Madras High Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Chief Judicial Magistrate, Krishnagiri (Special Court)",
 "case_title": "G. Kandhasamy v. [name withheld]",
 "case_number": "Crl.A.No.504 of 2009",
 "conviction_date": "2009-08-14",
 "conviction_year": 2009,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2006-09-01",
 "incident_year": 2006,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "unit": "Bargur Police Station, Krishnagiri District",
   "publish_grade": "named_safe",
   "name_public": "G. Kandhasamy",
   "display": "G. Kandhasamy (Head Constable)",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": "G. Kandhasamy"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Krishnagiri resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "2 years RI + Rs.1,000 fine (3 months SI default) for each offence.",
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/115312679/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/115312679/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Krishnagiri CJM on 14 August 2009 convicted Head Constable G. Kandhasamy of Bargur police station for demanding and accepting Rs.2,000 from tempo driver [name withheld] to release him on bail without remand in a 31 August 2006 motor-accident case (Cr.No.469/2006) and to send his vehicle for MVI inspection promptly, sentencing him to 2 years RI with fine on each count under PC Act ss.7 and 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d). The Madras High Court (Justice G. Jayachandran) on 19 February 2018 dismissed his appeal (Crl.A.No.504 of 2009), holding demand and acceptance proved beyond doubt, confirmed the conviction and sentence, and ordered him secured for the remaining term.",
 "court_quote": "In the result, the Criminal Appeal is dismissed. The conviction and sentence imposed on the appellant by the trial Court viz. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Krishnagiri in Spl.C.C.No.1 of 2008 dated 14.08.2009 are hereby confirmed.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w2-04",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w2-04-019": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "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": "t2w2-04-019=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-25",
   "scope": "Audit fix: trial conviction date corrected to the date the summary's source states (2009-08-14); the previous value (2018-02-19) was the date of the later High Court/Supreme Court order."
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (V&AC Krishnagiri, Crime No.05/AC/2004) v. G. Kandhasamy (HC) — Spl.C.C.No.1 of 2008",
 "conviction_date_source_order": "2018-02-19",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}