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 "case_id": "t2w3-29-005",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
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  "t2w3-29-005": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify2-chunk-084 (SECOND independent pass — do not read any other verifier's output)",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:28:21Z",
 "verdict_note": "HC judgment confirms Designated Court convicted Traffic Constable; appeal rejected.",
 "state": "Maharashtra",
 "district": "Hingoli",
 "court": "Bombay High Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Designated (Special) Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act (court name, case number and conviction date not stated in appellate judgment)",
 "case_title": "State v. Hingoli Police Constable (Traffic)",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 666 of 2008",
 "conviction_date": "2016-03-08",
 "conviction_year": 2016,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2005-05-25",
 "incident_year": 2005,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Constable (Traffic)",
   "unit": "Hingoli Police, posted at Hingoli Police Station (city)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Constable (Traffic), Hingoli Police, posted at Hingoli Police Station (city)",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
 ],
 "sentence": "2 years RI (s.7) + 2 years RI (s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)); concurrency not stated",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/830320/rajesh-so-sakharam-mhaske-vs-the-state-of-maharashtra/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": "Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench (Criminal Appeal No.666/2008, judgment dated 08-03-2016 recording Designated Court conviction)",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/830320/rajesh-so-sakharam-mhaske-vs-the-state-of-maharashtra/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=316102955000&Title=RAJESH-Vs.-STATE-OF-MAHARASHTRA"
 ],
 "summary": "Per the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) judgment of 08-03-2016, Rajesh Mhaske, then a Traffic Constable with Hingoli Police posted at Hingoli Police Station (city), demanded a monthly hafta of Rs.300 from auto-rickshaw operator [name withheld] in May 2005 to let him ply on the Hingoli-Aundha road and accepted the bribe in an ACB trap laid on the complaint of 24-05-2005. The Designated Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act convicted him under ss.7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2), and the High Court (N.W. Sambre, J.) held demand and acceptance proved beyond reasonable doubt, rejecting the appeal and cancelling his bail bonds.",
 "court_quote": "The case against the appellant was proved by the prosecution beyond reasonable doubt in clear terms brining on record that there was demand and acceptance of bribe.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w3-29",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w3-29-005": "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",
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  {
   "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": "t2w3-29-005=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (ACB) v. Hingoli Police Constable (Traffic)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}