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 "case_id": "t2w3-15-001",
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  "t2w3-33-007"
 ],
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 "gate_status": "V2",
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  "t2w3-15-001": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
  },
  "t2w3-33-007": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
  }
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-077",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:25:00Z",
 "verdict_note": "P&H HC appeal judgment confirms Special Judge Hoshiarpur convicted ASI on 17.01.2004; 1y RI + Rs.5,000 fine; appeal dismissed 08.04.2015.",
 "state": "Punjab",
 "district": "Hoshiarpur",
 "court": "Special Judge, Hoshiarpur",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge, Hoshiarpur",
 "case_title": "Hoshiarpur Man of Punjab v. [name withheld]",
 "case_number": "CRA No.S-285-SB of 2004 (Punjab and Haryana HC) re: judgment dated 17.01.2004, Special Judge, Hoshiarpur; FIR at PS Vigilance Bureau, Jalandhar on complaint of a Hoshiarpur man",
 "conviction_date": "2004-01-17",
 "conviction_year": 2004,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2002-05-02",
 "incident_year": 2002,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Assistant Sub-Inspector",
   "unit": "Police Station Mahilpur, Hoshiarpur, Punjab Police (Investigating Officer of FIR No.23/15.02.2002)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Mahilpur, Hoshiarpur, Punjab Police (Investigating Officer of FIR No.23/15.02.2002)",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Hoshiarpur man"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2)"
 ],
 "sentence": "Rigorous imprisonment 1 year",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 1,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/30863919/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": "Punjab and Haryana High Court (appeal record of Special Judge conviction)",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/30863919/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/185142/balbir-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-respondent-42/"
 ],
 "summary": "The Special Judge, Hoshiarpur, on 17.01.2004 convicted ASI of PS Mahilpur for demanding and accepting Rs 3,000 bribe from complainant [name withheld] for joining him and his son in investigation and accepting bail bonds in FIR No.23/2002, in a Vigilance Bureau Jalandhar trap laid at his official residence on 02.05.2002 with phenolphthalein-treated notes. He was sentenced to 1 year's RI with Rs 5,000 fine under Section 7 r/w 13(2) PC Act. The Punjab and Haryana High Court ([name withheld], 08.04.2015) found no infirmity, maintained the conviction and sentence, dismissed the appeal and ordered surrender to undergo the remaining sentence.",
 "court_quote": "The present appeal has been preferred against the judgment dated 17.01.2004, passed by the learned Special Judge, Hoshiarpur, vide which accused-appellant [name withheld] has been held guilty and convicted for the offence punishable under Section 7 read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w3-15+t2w3-33",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w3-15-001": "holds",
   "t2w3-33-007": "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",
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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": "t2w3-15-001=holds, t2w3-33-007=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "CRA No.S-285-SB of 2004 (FIR registered at PS Vigilance Bureau, Jalandhar on complaint of Hoshiarpur Man)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}