{
 "case_id": "t2w3-01-008",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w3-01-008": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-074",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:20:03+00:00",
 "verdict_note": "Official DVAC 2011-12 list confirms formerly Commissioner of Police, Salem convicted 30.03.2012; 6y RI + Rs.10,000 fine.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Salem",
 "court": "Special Court for PC Act cases (convicting court not stated on DVAC list)",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Not stated on DVAC list (Special Court for PC Act cases)",
 "case_title": "State (DVAC) v. Salem Police formerly Commissioner of Police",
 "case_number": null,
 "conviction_date": "2012-03-30",
 "conviction_year": 2012,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": null,
 "incident_year": null,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "formerly Commissioner of Police",
   "unit": "Salem",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "formerly Commissioner of Police, Salem",
   "key2_union": "no",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988"
 ],
 "sentence": "6 years RI",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 6,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "official_list",
 "source_agency": "TN DVAC (Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption)",
 "primary_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20181018235106/http://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/convictions2011-2012.htm",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The DVAC official 'Convictions during 2011-12' list states that a formerly Commissioner of Police, Salem, was convicted on 30.03.2012 and sentenced to 6 years RI with a Rs.10,000 fine. The most senior police officer on any DVAC year-list found in this slice. Convicting court not stated on the list; name, case number and sections not published.",
 "court_quote": "A formerly Commissioner of Police, Salem was convicted on 30.03.2012 and sentenced to undergo R.I for 6 years and fined Rs.10, 000/-",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w3-01",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w3-01-008": "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": "t2w3-01-008=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (DVAC) v. Salem Police formerly Commissioner of Police",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}