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 "case_id": "t2w4-30-006",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w4-30-006": {
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept"
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 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify2-chunk-096 (SECOND independent pass — do not read any other verifier's output)",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T19:39:00+00:00",
 "verdict_note": "Madras HC (Madurai Bench) reversed acquittal and convicted HC of bribery; full judgment verified.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Sivaganga",
 "court": "Madras High Court",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Special Judge, Sivagangai (conviction entered by Madras High Court, Madurai Bench on State appeal)",
 "case_title": "State rep. by DSP, V&AC Sivagangai v. Sivaganga Police formerly Head Constable (HC 1364)",
 "case_number": "Crl.A.(MD)No.37 of 2010 (against Spl.C.C.No.01/2006; V&AC Sivagangai Crime No.1/2005)",
 "conviction_date": "2018-12-20",
 "conviction_year": 2018,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2005-01-08",
 "incident_year": 2005,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "formerly Head Constable (HC 1364)",
   "unit": "Thirubuvanam Police Station, Sivagangai District",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "formerly Head Constable (HC 1364), Thirubuvanam Police Station, Sivagangai District",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Sivaganga man"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
 ],
 "sentence": "3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine per offence, concurrent (sentence imposed 20.12.2018)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 3,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": "Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) in V&AC [name withheld] appeal",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/110547310/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The trial court (CJM-cum-Special Judge, Sivagangai) acquitted Head Constable of Thirubuvanam PS on 20.11.2009 in Spl.C.C.No.01/2006 (V&AC Sivagangai Crime No.1/2005; Rs.500 bribe demanded 08.01.2005 for not registering a case). On State appeal the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench, Justice P. Velmurugan, Crl.A.(MD)No.37/2010) reversed the acquittal, found [name withheld] guilty under ss.7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the PC Act 1988 on 04.12.2018, and sentenced him to 3 years RI with Rs.5,000 fine on each count to run concurrently (sentence order dated 20.12.2018). No further appeal is stated.",
 "court_quote": "The respondent is, sentenced to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- as fine, in default, to undergo one year simple imprisonment for having committed the offence under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w4-30",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w4-30-006": "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": "t2w4-30-006=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State (V&AC Sivagangai, Crime No.1/2005) v. Sivaganga Police formerly Head Constable (HC 1364)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}