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 "case_id": "t2w2-11-016",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify2-chunk-069 (SECOND independent pass — do not read any other verifier's output)",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:35:11Z",
 "verdict_note": "SC judgment confirms trial conviction of police driver for gang rape; upheld conviction, cut each term to 8 years.",
 "state": "Manipur",
 "district": "Unknown (Manipur; appeal before Manipur HC at Imphal)",
 "court": "Sessions Court, Manipur (trial court; exact designation not stated in appellate judgment)",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "trial_court_name": "Sessions Court, Manipur (trial court not named in appellate judgment)",
 "case_title": "State vs Manipur Police Police Driver and others",
 "case_number": "SC Crl. Appeal Nos.805-806/2019; Manipur HC Crl. Jail Appeal Nos.2-3/2014",
 "conviction_date": "2019-04-30",
 "conviction_year": 2019,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2012-10-20",
 "incident_year": 2012,
 "category": "brutality",
 "subcategory": "custodial_rape_sexual_assault",
 "raw_subcategory": "rape",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Police Driver",
   "unit": "Manipur Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Driver, Manipur Police",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": 16,
   "gender": "female",
   "descriptor": "Unknown girl, age 16"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "IPC s.376(2)(g)",
  "IPC s.120B"
 ],
 "sentence": "Trial court: 15 years RI plus Rs 25,000 fine under s.376(2)(g) and 10 years RI plus Rs 10,000 fine under s.120B, concurrent; SC upheld conviction but reduced each term to 8 years",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 8,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/109955999/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/109955999/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Manipur Sessions trial court convicted police driver [name a Unknown girl] and a co-accused under IPC sections 376(2)(g) and 120B for the gang rape of a [name a Unknown girl] on 20 October 2012, sentencing each to 15 years RI (Rs.25,000 fine) and 10 years RI (Rs.10,000 fine), concurrent. The Manipur High Court affirmed the conviction, and the Supreme Court on 30 April 2019 partly allowed the appeals, upholding the conviction but reducing each sentence to 8 years.",
 "court_quote": "It is stated that at the time of occurrence, appellant no. 1 was working as a police driver and appellant no. 2 was a singer having good reputation. The sentence of imprisonment imposed upon each of the appellants is reduced to eight years.",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w2-11",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w2-11-016": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V1 · Provenance checked — internal only",
 "tier_badge": null,
 "subcategory_display": "custodial rape sexual assault",
 "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": "t2w2-11-016=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
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 "case_title_or_number": "State vs Manipur Police Police Driver",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}