{
 "case_id": "t2w3-02-001",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w3-02-001": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-074",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:20:03+00:00",
 "verdict_note": "Official DVAC list confirms CJM/Special Judge Erode convicted HC, Arachalur PS in CC 8/2015 on 26.11.2019; max 2y RI.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Erode",
 "court": "Chief Judicial Magistrate / Special Judge, Erode",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Chief Judicial Magistrate / Special Judge, Erode",
 "case_title": "State (DVAC) v. Erode Police Head Constable",
 "case_number": "CC No.8/2015",
 "conviction_date": "2019-11-26",
 "conviction_year": 2019,
 "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": "Head Constable",
   "unit": "Arachalur Police Station, Erode district",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable, Arachalur Police Station, Erode district",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "1 year RI + Rs.5,000 fine (default 2 months RI) u/s 7; 2 years RI + Rs.10,000 fine (default 2 months RI) u/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "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/20210613004111/https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/convictions.html",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/convictions.html",
  "https://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/convictions.html (live 'Convicted Cases' list; 2019 entries rolled off)"
 ],
 "summary": "The DVAC 'Convicted Cases' official list records that a Head Constable of Arachalur P.S., Erode was convicted on 26.11.2019 by the CJM/Special Judge, Erode in CC No.8/2015 and sentenced to 1 year RI (s.7) and 2 years RI (s.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)) with fines, in a bribery (trap) case. The officer's name is not published in the list; no press note survives on the live press page.",
 "court_quote": "A Head Constable, Arachalur Police Station, Erode District was convicted on 26.11.2019 and sentenced to undergo R.I for 1 year and fined Rs.5000/- in default R.I for 2 months u/s 7 of PC Act 1988 and R.I. for 2 years and fined Rs.10,000/- in default R.I for 2 months u/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act 1988 by the CJM/Special Judge, Erode in CC No.8/2015.",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w3-02",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w3-02-001": "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": "t2w3-02-001=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (DVAC) v. Erode Police Head Constable",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}