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 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:20:00Z",
 "verdict_note": "VACB note 29-09-2019: Vigilance Court Kozhikode gave ex-HC [name withheld] 2y RI + Rs 10,000 fine for Rs 500 bribe.",
 "state": "Kerala",
 "district": "Malappuram (Kottakkal PS; trial at Kozhikode)",
 "court": "Kerala High Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Kozhikode",
 "case_title": "Malappuram Man (VACB) v. [name withheld]",
 "case_number": "VACB Malappuram trap of 28-08-2009 (Rs 500 motor-vehicle-release bribe; VC case, CC number not stated)",
 "conviction_date": "2019-09-29",
 "conviction_year": 2019,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2009-08-28",
 "incident_year": 2009,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
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 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
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   "rank": "Head Constable (former)",
   "unit": "Kokkal Police Station, Malappuram, Kerala Police",
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   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Malappuram man"
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 "sections": [
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  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)"
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 "sentence": "2 years rigorous imprisonment + Rs 10,000 fine (Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Kozhikode)",
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 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": "",
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "Kerala VACB (official press note dated 29-09-2019)",
 "primary_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210421203655/https://www.vigilance.kerala.gov.in/public/pdf/press/press_2019/press_29-09-19-2.pdf",
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 "summary": "Kerala VACB’s official press note dated 29-09-2019 records that former Head Constable of Kokkal Police Station (Malappuram) was sentenced by the Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge (Vigilance), Kozhikode to 2 years’ rigorous imprisonment with Rs 10,000 fine for demanding Rs 500 from a Malappuram man of Malappuram on 28-08-2009 to release his motorcycle seized in a motor-vehicle case, caught the same day in the Malappuram VACB unit trap laid by DYSP P. Abdul Hameed (investigation: former Inspector of Police K.L. Radhakrishnan, Malappuram VACB unit; prosecution: Additional Legal Advisor C.[name withheld]).",
 "court_quote": null,
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w3-16",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
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 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
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 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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   "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)",
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 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
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