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 "case_id": "t2w3-15-003",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
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  "t2w3-15-003": {
   "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 Fatehgarh Sahib convicted ASI on 27.11.2007; 2y RI + fine; appeal dismissed 04.09.2009.",
 "state": "Punjab",
 "district": "Fatehgarh Sahib",
 "court": "Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib",
 "case_title": "Fatehgarh Sahib Man of Punjab v. [name withheld]",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No.2434-SB of 2007 (P&H HC) re: judgment dated 27.11.2007, Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib; complaint of a Fatehgarh Sahib man re arms-licence verification",
 "conviction_date": "2007-11-27",
 "conviction_year": 2007,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2005-05-16",
 "incident_year": 2005,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Assistant Sub-Inspector (In-charge, Police Post Peer Jain)",
   "unit": "Punjab Police (under Senior Superintendent of Police, Fatehgarh Sahib)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Assistant Sub-Inspector (In-charge, Police Post Peer Jain), Punjab Police (under Senior Superintendent of Police, Fatehgarh Sahib)",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Fatehgarh Sahib man"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2)"
 ],
 "sentence": "Rigorous imprisonment 2 years under each section (concurrent)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1808062/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": "Punjab and Haryana High Court (appeal record of Special Judge conviction)",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1808062/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib, on 27.11.2007 convicted ASI, In-charge of Police Post Peer Jain, for demanding Rs 3,000 from complainant [name withheld] to clear the character-verification papers for his double-barrelled-gun licence application, in a trap laid after the complainant reported the demand. He was sentenced to 2 years' RI with fine under Sections 7 and 13(2) of the PC Act (concurrent). The Punjab and Haryana High Court ([name withheld], 04.09.2009) held the appeal devoid of merit, dismissed it, and left the conviction and sentence intact.",
 "court_quote": "This appeal is directed against the judgment/ order of sentence dated 27.11.2007 passed by the Court of learned Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib, whereby he convicted and sentenced Gucharan Singh accused to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of Rs.2,500/- under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w3-15",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w3-15-003": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": [
   "t2w3-15-003:summary_bribe_amount"
  ]
 },
 "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": "t2w3-15-003=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "Criminal Appeal No.2434-SB of 2007 (conviction by Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib, 27.11.2007; complaint of Fatehgarh Sahib Man re arms-licence verification)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}