{
 "case_id": "t2w3-30-003",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w3-30-003": {
   "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 confirms Spl Judge Madurai convicted Training SI; sentence reduced 2yr to 1yr.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Madurai",
 "court": "Madras High Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge for Trial of Prevention of Corruption Act Cases, Madurai",
 "case_title": "State v. Madurai Police Training Sub-Inspector of Police",
 "case_number": "Crl.A.(MD) No. 561 of 2018",
 "conviction_date": "2018-12-19",
 "conviction_year": 2018,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2006-08-19",
 "incident_year": 2006,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Training Sub-Inspector of Police",
   "unit": "Othakadai Police Station, Madurai",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Training Sub-Inspector of Police, Othakadai Police Station, Madurai",
   "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 SI (s.7) + 2 years RI (s.13) on appeal modified to 1 year RI on each count, concurrent",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 1,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/4202336/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": "Madras High Court, Madurai Bench (Crl.A.(MD)No.561 of 2018, Justice K.K. Ramakrishnan, recording and confirming trial conviction)",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/4202336/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Madras High Court records that Training Sub-Inspector of Othakadai Police Station demanded Rs.3,000 from a complainant in August 2006 to close a complaint enquiry, reiterated the demand, and was caught in a V&AC trap with phenolphthalein-positive hands. The Special Judge for PC Act Cases, Madurai convicted him on 19.12.2018 under PC Act sections 7 and 13(1)(d). On 15.05.2025 the High Court confirmed the conviction, reducing the 2-year terms to 1 year RI each.",
 "court_quote": "The conviction passed against the appellant for the offence under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act in Special Case No.6 of 2011, by the learned Special Judge for Trial of Prevention of Corruption Act Case, Madurai, vide judgment dated 19.12.2018 is hereby confirmed.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w3-30",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w3-30-003": "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": "t2w3-30-003=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-25",
   "scope": "Audit fix: trial conviction date corrected to the date the summary's source states (2018-12-19); the previous value (2025-05-15) was the date of the later High Court/Supreme Court order."
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (V&AC Madurai) v. Madurai Police Training Sub-Inspector of Police",
 "conviction_date_source_order": "2025-05-15",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}