{
 "case_id": "t2w4-30-005",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w4-30-005": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-096",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T19:31:09Z",
 "verdict_note": "DVAC 2016-17 list confirms Special Court Sivagangai convicted Inspector, Karaikudi North PS on 06.11.2016 in CC 4/2014.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Sivagangai",
 "court": "Special Court for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Sivagangai",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Court for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Sivagangai",
 "case_title": "State (V&AC) v. Sivagangai Police Inspector of Police",
 "case_number": "CC No.4/2014",
 "conviction_date": "2016-11-06",
 "conviction_year": 2016,
 "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": "Karaikudi North Police Station, Sivagangai District",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Inspector of Police, Karaikudi North Police Station, Sivagangai District",
   "key2_union": null,
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
 ],
 "sentence": "RI for 3 years + fine under each of s.7 and s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 3,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "official_list",
 "source_agency": "TN DVAC (Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption)",
 "primary_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20180625045741/http://www.dvac.tn.gov.in/convictions2016-2017.htm",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The DVAC Convictions during 2016-17 official list (POLICE section) records that the Special Court, Sivagangai convicted the Inspector of Police, Karaikudi North Police Station on 06.11.2016 in CC No.4/2014, sentencing the officer to RI for 3 years with Rs.1,000 fine under s.7 of the PC Act 1988 and RI for 3 years with Rs.1,000 fine under s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2). The officer personal name is not stated on the DVAC list (distinct from the 2013 Karaikudi South conviction recorded in t2w2-04-018). Appeal status is not stated.",
 "court_quote": "An Inspector of Police, Karaikudi North Police Station was convicted on 06.11.2016 and sentenced undergo R.I for 3 years and fined Rs.1,000/- u/s 7 of PC Act and R.I for 3 years and fined Rs.1,000/- u/s 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) PC Act by the Special Court, Sivagangai in CC No.4/2014.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w4-30",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w4-30-005": "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": "t2w4-30-005=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (V&AC) v. Sivagangai Police Inspector of Police",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}