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 "case_id": "t2w4-05-002",
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 "verification_status": "V2",
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 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T19:33:42Z",
 "verdict_note": "VII Addl Sessions Chennai convicted Inspector 30-06-2004 (1y + 2y); sentence suspended, appeal pending.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Chennai",
 "court": "Madras High Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "VII Additional Sessions Court, Chennai",
 "case_title": "State v. Chennai Police Inspector of Police",
 "case_number": "W.P. No. 28886 of 2004 (with W.P. No. 25937 of 2005)",
 "conviction_date": "2005-09-22",
 "conviction_year": 2005,
 "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": "Inspector of Police",
   "unit": "Prohibition and Enforcement Wing, Triplicane, Chennai",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Inspector of Police, Prohibition and Enforcement Wing, Triplicane, Chennai",
   "key2_union": "no",
   "name": null
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 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
 ],
 "sentence": "1 year RI + Rs.1,000 fine (default 3 months RI) u/s 7; 2 years RI + Rs.1,000 fine (default 3 months RI) u/s 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "appeal_status": "pending",
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 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": "Madras High Court (writ order recording trial conviction)",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1086666/",
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  "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/124697443/",
  "https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?caseId=215002245100&title=v-natarajan-vs-deputy-inspector-general-of-police"
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 "summary": "The Madras High Court (CJ Katju, W.P.No.28886/2004, order 22.09.2005) records that [name withheld], Inspector of Police, Prohibition and Enforcement Wing, Triplicane, Chennai, was tried for PC Act offences and convicted by the VII Additional Sessions Court, Chennai on 30.06.2004 in C.C.No.16/2002 (1 year RI u/s 7; 2 years RI u/s 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2), each with Rs.1,000 fine). He filed Criminal Appeal No.957/2004 in which the sentence was suspended; the writ court ordered he be kept under suspension until the conviction is reversed. Appeal outcome not traced; recorded as pending.",
 "court_quote": "The VII Additional Sessions Court, Chennai, after trial, by Judgment dated 30.06.2004 rendered in C.C. No.16 of 2002, convicted and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and also imposed a fine of Rs.1,000/-",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w4-05",
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  "date": "2026-09-19",
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  "noted": []
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 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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   "date": "2026-09-19",
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   "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published row against the official source (reverify/t2-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
   "result": "t2w4-05-002=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
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 "case_title_or_number": "State v. Chennai Police Inspector of Police",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
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