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 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T19:31:48Z",
 "verdict_note": "CBI press release confirms 5-year sentence for custodial death; sections unstated.",
 "state": "Delhi",
 "district": "Central Delhi",
 "court": "Additional Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "trial_court_name": "Additional Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi",
 "case_title": "CBI v. Delhi Police Inspector (Retd.; then SHO)",
 "case_number": null,
 "conviction_date": "2017-03-17",
 "conviction_year": 2017,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "1997-12-09",
 "incident_year": 1997,
 "category": "brutality",
 "subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "raw_subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Inspector (Retd.; then SHO)",
   "unit": "Police Station Hauz Qazi, Delhi Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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   "name": null
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   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Central Delhi resident"
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 "sentence": "5 years Rigorous Imprisonment",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 5,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
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 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation",
 "primary_source_url": "https://cbi.gov.in/press-detail/MjY1NA==",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Additional Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, on 17 March 2017 sentenced Inspector (Retd.) [name withheld], then SHO of Police Station Hauz Qazi, to five years Rigorous Imprisonment with a Rs 35,000 fine for the custodial death of a Central Delhi resident, whom police personnel picked up on 09.12.1997 on his instructions and mercilessly beat, causing death in custody on 10.12.1997. CBI registered the case on 17.04.1998 at the GNCT Delhi request and chargesheeted Yadav and the then ASI (who died during trial, charges abated) on 10.12.1999 after examining 24 prosecution witnesses; the trial court found Yadav guilty and convicted him.",
 "court_quote": "As a result, he died on 10.12.1997 while in Police custody. The Trial Court found the accused guilty and convicted him.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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 "subcategory_display": "custodial death",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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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)",
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 "service": "police",
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