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 "case_id": "t2w3-32-005",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w3-32-005": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-086",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:26:12Z",
 "verdict_note": "Trial conviction verified; HC set aside ss.302/348/331 but confirmed IPC 201 conviction (2 years RI) for A-3 [name withheld].",
 "state": "Andhra Pradesh",
 "district": "NTR",
 "court": "Andhra Pradesh High Court",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "trial_court_name": "Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Vijayawada (Krishna district)",
 "case_title": "Gandikota Venkateswarlu and Another v. [name withheld] of A.P.",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal Nos. 1123, 1124, 1158 and 1326 of 2007",
 "conviction_date": "2011-04-20",
 "conviction_year": 2011,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "1999-05-05",
 "incident_year": 1999,
 "category": "brutality",
 "subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "raw_subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Woman Police Constable",
   "unit": "Mahila Police Station, Vijayawada (Krishna district)",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Woman Police Constable, Mahila Police Station, Vijayawada (Krishna district)",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "female",
   "descriptor": "NTR woman"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "IPC 302",
  "IPC 348",
  "IPC 331",
  "IPC 201"
 ],
 "sentence": "Trial: life (s.302) + 2 yrs RI each (ss.348/331/201); appeal set aside ss.302/348/331 convictions and confirmed only s.201 IPC conviction (2 yrs RI + fine), release if already served",
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/708956/gandikota-venkateswarlu-and-gandikota-ranga-rao-appellant-hash-state-of-ap-respondent/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": "Andhra Pradesh High Court (Division Bench, Crl.A.Nos.1123,1124,1158,1326 of 2007, judgment dated 20-04-2011 recording sessions-court conviction)",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/708956/gandikota-venkateswarlu-and-gandikota-ranga-rao-appellant-hash-state-of-ap-respondent/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "Per the AP High Court judgment of 20-04-2011, Woman Police Constable (A-3) of Mahila Police Station, Vijayawada was among four police personnel convicted by the Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Vijayawada on 17-08-2007 in Sessions Case No.137 of 2000 for the custodial death of woman detainee [name withheld] in the Mahila PS lock-up in May 1999 (first reported as suicide; inquest/CID pointed to custodial killing). The trial court imposed life under IPC 302 plus RI terms under IPC 348/331/201; on appeal the High Court set aside the ss.302/348/331 convictions but confirmed the s.201 IPC (causing disappearance of evidence) conviction, directing release if that sentence was already served.",
 "court_quote": "The conviction and sentences passed against them for the offence u/s 201 of I.P.C., are confirmed. The accused 3 and 4 shall be released forthwith if they have already served the sentence of imprisonment imposed by the trial Court for the offence u/s 201 of I.P.C.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w3-32",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w3-32-005": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "subcategory_display": "custodial death",
 "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": "t2w3-32-005=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "Sessions Case No.137 of 2000 (State vs Jyothi & Ors.; custodial death of woman detainee [name withheld], Mahila Police Station Vijayawada); AP High Court Crl.A.Nos.1123,1124,1158,1326 of 2007, decided 20-04-2011",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}