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 "case_id": "t2w2-14-006",
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 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
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  "t2w2-14-006": {
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   "mverify2": "accept"
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-072",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:17:35Z",
 "verdict_note": "Madras HC suspension order confirms ADJ Madurai convicted 4 S.[name withheld] policemen 26.09.2025 (SC 289/2021; 10yr 304(ii) + 1yr 343); suspension dismissed 13.07.2026.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Madurai",
 "court": "V Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "trial_court_name": "Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai (IV ADJ per order body; SC No. 289 of 2021)",
 "case_title": "State (CB-CID) v. Madurai Police Inspector of Police (A-1)",
 "case_number": "SC No. 289 of 2021 (CB-CID Crime No. 2/2019)",
 "conviction_date": "2025-09-26",
 "conviction_year": 2025,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2019-01-13",
 "incident_year": 2019,
 "category": "brutality",
 "subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "raw_subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Inspector of Police (A-1)",
   "unit": "Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Inspector of Police (A-1), Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai",
   "key2_union": "no",
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Special Sub-Inspector of Police (A-2; name-rank mapping follows petition order)",
   "unit": "Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Special Sub-Inspector of Police (A-2; name-rank mapping follows petition order), Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai",
   "key2_union": "no",
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Head Constable (A-3; name-rank mapping follows petition order)",
   "unit": "Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable (A-3; name-rank mapping follows petition order), Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai",
   "key2_union": "no",
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Police Constable Grade-I (A-4; name-rank mapping follows petition order)",
   "unit": "Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable Grade-I (A-4; name-rank mapping follows petition order), Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai",
   "key2_union": "no",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": 17,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Madurai boy, age 17"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "IPC 343",
  "IPC 304 Part II"
 ],
 "sentence": "10 years RI + Rs 10,000 fine each under section 304(ii) and 1 year RI + Rs 2,000 fine each under section 343 (11 years total as reported)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 10,
 "appeal_status": "pending",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/159422649/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/159422649/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://inshorts.com/en/news/4-cops-sentenced-to-11-yrs-in-jail-for-custodial-death-in-madurai-1758887754393"
 ],
 "summary": "The Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai (SC No. 289 of 2021, CB-CID Crime No. 2/2019) on 26 September 2025 convicted an inspector, a special sub-inspector, a head constable and a grade-I constable of the S.[name withheld] Crime Branch for illegally detaining [name withheld] theft suspect [name withheld] across three stations from 13 to 16 January 2019 and torturing him so brutally that he died of renal injuries and cardiopulmonary arrest on 24 January 2019, with 25 ante-mortem contusions found at the post-mortem conducted after exhumation. Each was sentenced to 10 years RI under section 304(ii) plus one year under section 343. The four names ([name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld]) and ranks are as arrays in the Madras High Court suspension order of 13 July 2026 (Justice B. Pugalendhi), which notes appeals stand admitted; the order body says IV ADJ Court while the petition prayer says V ADJ Court.",
 "court_quote": "The post-mortem conducted after exhumation revealed as many as twenty five ante-mortem injuries on his body. The deceased appears to have died due to custodial torture inflicted.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w2-14",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w2-14-006": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "subcategory_display": "custodial death",
 "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": "t2w2-14-006=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
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 "case_title_or_number": "State (CB-CID) v. Madurai Police Inspector of Police (A-1) and others",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}