{
 "case_id": "t2w3-16-021",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w3-16-021": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
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 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify2-chunk-078 (SECOND independent pass — do not read any other verifier's output)",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:32:01Z",
 "verdict_note": "VACB press note confirms Special Judge (Vigilance) Muvattupuzha convicted ex-Head Constable (2 years RI + Rs 25,000, 31-01-2018).",
 "state": "Kerala",
 "district": "Ernakulam",
 "court": "Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Muvattupuzha",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Muvattupuzha",
 "case_title": "VACB trap of 2010 (Eloor PS Rs 500 vehicle-release bribe)",
 "case_number": "VACB trap 2010 (VC case; CC number not stated)",
 "conviction_date": "2018-01-31",
 "conviction_year": 2018,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2010-01-01",
 "incident_year": 2010,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Head Constable (former)",
   "unit": "Eloor Police Station, Ernakulam, Kerala Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Head Constable (former), Eloor Police Station, Ernakulam, Kerala Police",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
 ],
 "sentence": "2 years rigorous imprisonment + Rs 25,000 fine (Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Muvattupuzha)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": "",
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "Kerala VACB (official press note dated 31-01-2018)",
 "primary_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210421203655/https://www.vigilance.kerala.gov.in/public/pdf/press/press_2018/press_31-01-18.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "Kerala VACB’s official press note dated 31-01-2018 records that former Head Constable of Eloor Police Station (Ernakulam) was found guilty and sentenced on 31-01-2018 by the Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Muvattupuzha to 2 years’ rigorous imprisonment with Rs 25,000 fine for demanding Rs 500 from Sukumesh of Eloor to release his seized vehicle and arrested by vigilance while accepting it in 2010.",
 "court_quote": "ാഷയാെ് പ്രതിനയ രണ്ട് വർഷാം കഠിെതടവിനാം 25000 /-\nിഴയാം വിധിച്ചത്",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w3-16",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w3-16-021": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [
   "sentence"
  ],
  "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": "t2w3-16-021=holds",
   "corrections_applied": [
    "sentence"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "VACB trap of 2010 (Rs 500 vehicle-release bribe; VC case, CC number not stated)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}