{
 "case_id": "t2w4-03-006",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w4-03-006": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify2-chunk-090 (SECOND independent pass — do not read any other verifier's output)",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T19:58:14Z",
 "verdict_note": "Trial conviction upheld; appeal dismissed by Bombay High Court (Nagpur) on 24 Aug 2015.",
 "state": "Maharashtra",
 "district": "Gondia",
 "court": "Bombay High Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge, Gondia",
 "case_title": "State v. Gondia Police Police Head Constable (Buckle No.1014)",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 104 of 2000",
 "conviction_date": "2001-03-31",
 "conviction_year": 2001,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "1995-08-01",
 "incident_year": 1995,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Police Head Constable (Buckle No.1014)",
   "unit": "Outpost Sakritola, Police Station Salekasa, Gondia",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Head Constable (Buckle No.1014), Outpost Sakritola, Police Station Salekasa, Gondia",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "6 months RI (s.7); 2 years RI (s.13(1)(d)); concurrent",
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/827769/nandlal-vs-state-of-maharashtra/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": "Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench (appeal from Special Judge, Gondia)",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/827769/nandlal-vs-state-of-maharashtra/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/6493e1e32598f31853ab1d19/amp"
 ],
 "summary": "The Special Judge, Gondia, in Special Case No.1/1997 on 31 March 2001 convicted Police Head Constable (Buckle No.1014, Sakritola outpost, Salekasa PS) for demanding Rs.200 in August 1995 from Tanulal to release his brother [name withheld], nabbed in a 25 August 1995 gambling raid at Kawadi village, in an ACB trap laid after complaints of 8 and 12 September 1995. The court imposed 6 months' RI under PC Act s.7 and 2 years' RI under s.13(1)(d), concurrent with fines. On 24 August 2015 Justice A.B. Chaudhari (Crl Appeal No.104/2000) dismissed the appeal, upholding the conviction and sentences.",
 "court_quote": "it is not possible to agree with the learned counsel for the appellant that the demand and acceptance of bribe was not proved by the prosecution. Criminal Appeal No. 104/2000 is dismissed. Eight weeks' time is granted to the appellant/accused to surrender.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w4-03",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w4-03-006": "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": "t2w4-03-006=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-25",
   "scope": "Audit fix: trial conviction date corrected to the date the summary's source states (2001-03-31); the previous value (2015-08-24) was the date of the later High Court/Supreme Court order."
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State v. Gondia Police Police Head Constable (Buckle No.1014)",
 "conviction_date_source_order": "2015-08-24",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}