{
 "case_id": "t2w3-17-012",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w3-17-012": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-079",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:35:00Z",
 "verdict_note": "Spl Judge convicted police personnel [name withheld] (5y RI x2 + fines); MP HC refused suspension 14.03.2018, allowed it 07.07.2020, appeal pending.",
 "state": "Madhya Pradesh",
 "district": "Unknown (appeal before Gwalior Bench; trial-court place not stated)",
 "court": "Madhya Pradesh High Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act) (place not stated in High Court orders; SPE Lokayukt case, Gwalior Bench region)",
 "case_title": "State vs Madhya Pradesh Police Not stated (confirmed police personnel, Police Department)",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 4625 of 2017",
 "conviction_date": "2018-03-14",
 "conviction_year": 2018,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": null,
 "incident_year": null,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Not stated (confirmed police personnel, Police Department)",
   "unit": "Madhya Pradesh Police (exact posting not stated)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Not stated (confirmed police personnel, Police Department), Madhya Pradesh Police (exact posting not stated)",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "5 years RI + Rs 10,000 fine (s.7, 6 months default); 5 years RI + Rs 10,000 fine (s.13(1)(d)/13(2), 6 months default)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 5,
 "appeal_status": "pending",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/7805258/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": "MP High Court (Gwalior, G.S. Ahluwalia J., CRA 4625/2017 orders 14 March 2018 and 7 July 2020) recording Special Judge conviction",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158463590/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/7805258/"
 ],
 "summary": "The Special Judge (PC Act) convicted police personnel [name withheld] under PC Act s.7 and s.13(1)(d)/13(2) in an SPE Lokayukt trap case where tainted notes were kept on a table and his hand-wash and pant-pocket wash turned pink in phenolphthalein solution, sentencing him to 5 years RI on each count with Rs 10,000 fines; the complainant turned hostile on identity but admitted keeping the money on the table on one Dewan's instructions for release on bail in a bailable offence. The MP High Court (CRA 4625/2017) refused suspension on 14 March 2018 but suspended the remaining sentence on 7 July 2020 noting he was in jail since 27 September 2017; the appeal remains pending. CAVEAT: trial-court name/place, officer rank/posting and complainant details are not stated in the HC orders; conviction date inferred from 'in jail from 27/09/2017'.",
 "court_quote": "The appellant has been convicted under Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act and has been sentenced to undergo RI of five years, RI of five years and fine of Rs.10,000/-, Rs.10,000/- with default imprisonment.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w3-17",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w3-17-012": "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": "t2w3-17-012=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (SPE Lokayukt) v. Madhya Pradesh Police Not stated (confirmed police personnel, Police Department)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}