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 "case_id": "t2w3-15-002",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w3-15-002": {
   "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 Patiala convicted Constable on 22.03.2003; 2y RI + fine; appeal dismissed 08.07.2011.",
 "state": "Punjab",
 "district": "Patiala",
 "court": "Special Judge, Patiala",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge, Patiala",
 "case_title": "Patiala Man of Punjab v. [name withheld]",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No.756-SB of 2003 (P&H HC) re: judgment dated 22.03.2003, Special Judge, Patiala; FIR on application dated 30.07.1997 of a Patiala man",
 "conviction_date": "2003-03-22",
 "conviction_year": 2003,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "1996-10-01",
 "incident_year": 1996,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Constable",
   "unit": "Punjab Police (posted with Inspector General of Police, Zone-I, Patiala)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable, Punjab Police (posted with Inspector General of Police, Zone-I, Patiala)",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Patiala man"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d)(i)",
  "IPC 420"
 ],
 "sentence": "Rigorous imprisonment 2 years on each count (concurrent)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/124249963/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": "Punjab and Haryana High Court (appeal record of Special Judge conviction)",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/124249963/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Special Judge, Patiala, on 22.03.2003 convicted Punjab Police Constable for taking Rs 1,55,000 from complainant [name withheld] on the false promise of recruiting his son as ASI on sports quota, returning only Rs 80,000 and threatening the complainant when pressed for the balance. He was sentenced to 2 years' RI with fine under Section 13(1)(d)(i) PC Act and Section 420 IPC (concurrent). The Punjab and Haryana High Court (Justice L.N. Mittal, 08.07.2011) held the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, affirmed the conviction, refused reduction of sentence, and dismissed the appeal, ordering surrender to undergo the remaining term.",
 "court_quote": "Accused [name withheld] having been convicted and sentenced by learned Special Judge, Patiala vide judgment and order dated 22.3.2003 has filed the instant second appeal. The appellant stands convicted under section 13(1)(d)(i) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and also under section 420 of Indian Penal Code.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w3-15",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w3-15-002": "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": "t2w3-15-002=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "Criminal Appeal No.756-SB of 2003 (conviction by Special Judge, Patiala, 22.03.2003; FIR on application dated 30.07.1997 of [name withheld])",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}