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 "case_id": "t2w2-07-006",
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 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
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   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "accept"
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-058",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:20:00Z",
 "verdict_note": "Vigilance-court conviction of SI Raghavan confirmed on appeal; sentence cut to minimum given age and lapse of time.",
 "state": "Kerala",
 "district": "Alappuzha",
 "court": "Kerala High Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Kottayam",
 "case_title": "Raghavan vs [name withheld] of Kerala",
 "case_number": "Crl.A.No.263 of 2011; trial C.C.No.38/2008 (Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge, Kottayam)",
 "conviction_date": "2017-06-23",
 "conviction_year": 2017,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2002-11-12",
 "incident_year": 2002,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Sub-Inspector of Police (former)",
   "unit": "Vallikunnam Police Station, Alappuzha",
   "publish_grade": "named_safe",
   "name_public": "Raghavan",
   "display": "Raghavan (Sub-Inspector of Police (former))",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": "Raghavan"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Alappuzha resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
 ],
 "sentence": "Trial: 3 years RI + Rs 20,000 fine on each count. On appeal: reduced to 6 months SI (s.7) and 1 year SI (s.13) with Rs 5,000 fine each (default 1 month SI each).",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 1.0,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/58914444/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/58914444/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Special Judge (Vigilance), Kottayam convicted Vallikunnam Sub-Inspector Raghavan in CC 38/2008 on 03-02-2011 for demanding Rs 1,000 plus a liquor bottle (and Rs 10,000 compensation) from an Alappuzha resident on 08-11-2002 as illegal gratification to settle a criminal assault case, caught following a VACB Alappuzha trap on his 12-11-2002 complaint. The court imposed three years RI with Rs 20,000 fine on each PC Act count. The Kerala High Court (Justice P. Ubaid, Crl.A.263/2011, 23-06-2017) confirmed the conviction, finding no reason for interference, and reduced the jail terms to six months and one year simple imprisonment with Rs 5,000 fine on each count.",
 "court_quote": "I find no reason for interference in appeal. The conviction is only to be confirmed in appeal... the conviction against the appellant in C.C 38/2008 ... is confirmed, and the appeal is disposed of accordingly.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w2-07",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w2-07-006": "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",
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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": "t2w2-07-006=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (VACB) vs Raghavan — CC No.38/2008 (Rs 1,000 + liquor bottle bribe to settle assault case)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}