{
 "case_id": "t2w4-24-007",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w4-24-007": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-095",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T19:31:48Z",
 "verdict_note": "IPS officer convicted for bribery in CCL posting; co-accused died during trial.",
 "state": "Jharkhand",
 "district": "Ranchi",
 "court": "Special Judge, CBI Cases, Ranchi",
 "court_level": "cbi_court",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge, CBI Cases, Ranchi",
 "case_title": "CBI v. Ranchi Police IPS; then Executive Director (Vigilance)",
 "case_number": null,
 "conviction_date": "2017-09-27",
 "conviction_year": 2017,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "1992-01-01",
 "incident_year": 1992,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "IPS; then Executive Director (Vigilance)",
   "unit": "Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL), Ranchi",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "IPS; then Executive Director (Vigilance), Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL), Ranchi",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "IPC 120B",
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.12",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)"
 ],
 "sentence": "3 years Rigorous Imprisonment",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 3,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation",
 "primary_source_url": "https://cbi.gov.in/press-detail/MjQ4MA==",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Special Judge, CBI Cases, Ranchi, on 27 September 2017 convicted Shri Hemchand, IPS, then Executive Director (Vigilance), CCL Ranchi, sentencing him to three years Rigorous Imprisonment with a Rs 10,000 fine in a bribery case. CBI registered the case on 30.08.1992 alleging demand of Rs 25,000 through the then Senior Under Manager, CCL Kargil Area, to let the complainant continue contract work; chargesheet followed on 06.03.1998 and the co-accused [name withheld] died during trial. The trial court found [name withheld] guilty and convicted him.",
 "court_quote": "The Special Judge, CBI Cases, Ranchi has convicted Shri Hemchand, IPS, the then Executive Director (Vigilance), CCL, Ranchi and sentenced him to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs. 10,000/- in a bribery case.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w4-24",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w4-24-007": "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": "t2w4-24-007=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "CBI vs Ranchi Police IPS; then Executive Director (Vigilance)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}