{
 "case_id": "t2w2-07-007",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w2-07-007": {
   "ds": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-058",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:22:00Z",
 "verdict_note": "Vigilance-court conviction of Sr CPO [name withheld] for passport-verification bribe confirmed on appeal; sentence reduced.",
 "state": "Kerala",
 "district": "Thiruvananthapuram",
 "court": "Kerala High Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram",
 "case_title": "S. Navas vs [name withheld] of Kerala",
 "case_number": "Crl.A.No.488 of 2020; trial C.C.No.12 of 2014 (Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram)",
 "conviction_date": "2025-09-26",
 "conviction_year": 2025,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2012-11-23",
 "incident_year": 2012,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Senior Civil Police Officer (Gr) T 9170 (former)",
   "unit": "Thumba Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram",
   "publish_grade": "named_safe",
   "name_public": "S. Navas",
   "display": "S. Navas (Senior Civil Police Officer (Gr) T 9170 (former))",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": "S. Navas"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Thiruvananthapuram resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
 ],
 "sentence": "Trial: 3 years SI + Rs 20,000 fine (s.7); 3 years SI + Rs 30,000 fine (s.13). On appeal: reduced to 6 months SI + Rs 10,000 (s.7, default 1 month) and 1 year SI + Rs 15,000 (s.13, default 45 days).",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 1.0,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/61881628/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/61881628/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram convicted Thumba Senior Civil Police Officer S. Navas in CC 12/2014 on 26-05-2020 for demanding on 15-11-2012 and accepting on 23-11-2012 Rs 1,000 as illegal gratification from PW1 as a motive for verifying his passport application, sentencing him to three years simple imprisonment with Rs 20,000 and Rs 30,000 fines on the two PC Act counts. The Kerala High Court (Justice A. Badharudeen, Crl.A.488/2020, 26-09-2025, 2025:KER:72309) confirmed the conviction and reduced the sentence to six months and one year simple imprisonment with Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000 fines.",
 "court_quote": "The demand and acceptance of Rs 1,000 by the accused on 23.11.2012 are proved beyond reasonable doubt and therefore, the Special Court rightly entered into conviction... Conviction ... is confirmed.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w2-07",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w2-07-007": "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": "t2w2-07-007=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (VACB) vs S. Navas — CC No.12/2014 (Rs 1,000 bribe for passport verification)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}