{
 "case_id": "t2w3-17-004",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w3-17-004": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-079",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:20:00Z",
 "verdict_note": "ASI convicted (4y RI + Rs 10,000, judgment 13.12.2018); MP HC suspended sentence 16.01.2019, appeal pending.",
 "state": "Madhya Pradesh",
 "district": "Seoni",
 "court": "Madhya Pradesh High Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act), Seoni (inferred from PS Kotwali Seoni jurisdiction; HC bail order dates the judgment 13.12.2018 without naming the court)",
 "case_title": "State vs Madhya Pradesh Police Assistant Sub-Inspector",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 45 of 2019",
 "conviction_date": "2019-01-16",
 "conviction_year": 2019,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2016-03-04",
 "incident_year": 2016,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Assistant Sub-Inspector",
   "unit": "Police Station Kotwali, District Seoni, Madhya Pradesh Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Kotwali, District Seoni, Madhya Pradesh Police",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "female",
   "descriptor": "Seoni woman"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "4 years effective rigorous imprisonment + Rs 10,000 fine with default stipulation",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 4,
 "appeal_status": "pending",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/125201007/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": "MP High Court (Jabalpur, CRA 45/2019 bail order 16 January 2019) recording trial conviction and sentence",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/125201007/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "ASI of PS Kotwali Seoni was convicted under PC Act ss.7 and 13(1)(d)/13(2) for demanding Rs 4,000 and receiving Rs 2,000 on 4 March 2016 from complainant [name withheld] for acting on her FIR, with the prosecution alleging he had already taken Rs 1 lakh from her in the same matter; he drew an effective 4 years RI with a Rs 10,000 fine. On 16 January 2019 the MP High Court (CRA 45/2019) suspended the sentence and granted bail, noting the demand transcription showed no specific bribe demand; the appeal remains pending. CAVEAT: trial-court name and conviction date are per the HC bail order's reference (judgment dated 13.12.2018); the trial judgment itself is not online.",
 "court_quote": "A perusal of record reveals that appellant stands convicted under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and has been sentenced to undergo effective rigorous imprisonment for a period of 4 years and fine in the sum of Rs.10,000/- with default stipulation.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w3-17",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w3-17-004": "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": "t2w3-17-004=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (Lokayukt Establishment) v. Madhya Pradesh Police Assistant Sub-Inspector",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}