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 "record_id": "CW-2010-0011",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-0194",
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 "display_title": "Chikkaballapur Man vs A. B. Devaiah & Ors.",
 "display_title_redacted": "Chikkaballapur Man vs A. B. Devaiah & Ors.",
 "state": "Karnataka",
 "district": "Chikkaballapur",
 "district_at_time": "Kolar",
 "city_town": "Chikkaballapur",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Town Police Station, Chikkaballapur",
 "court": "Karnataka High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Karnataka High Court",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Chikkaballapur Man vs A. B. Devaiah & Ors.",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 1455 of 2005",
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 "judgment_date": "2010-10-29",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2010,
 "incident_date": "1989-01-17",
 "incident_year": 1989,
 "category": "Custodial torture",
 "admin_category": "brutality",
 "admin_subcategory": "custodial_torture",
 "subcategory": "custodial_torture",
 "subcategory_display": "custodial torture",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "conviction_by_hc",
 "sections": [
  "IPC 341",
  "IPC 323",
  "Probation of Offenders Act 1958 s.4"
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   "name": "A. B. Devaiah",
   "rank": "Sub-Inspector of Police",
   "unit": "Town Police Station, Chikkaballapur",
   "role": "convicted",
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   "key2": "yes",
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   "key2_gemapi": null,
   "key2_openrouter": "yes",
   "key2_gpt56": null,
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   "jev_risk": 0.13,
   "jev_p_culpable": 0.93,
   "key2_gpt": null,
   "later_outcome": "none_found",
   "name_public": "A. B. Devaiah",
   "display": "A. B. Devaiah (Sub-Inspector of Police)"
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   "name": "Byatappa",
   "rank": "Police Constable",
   "unit": "Town Police Station, Chikkaballapur",
   "role": "convicted",
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   "jev_p_culpable": 0.79,
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   "later_outcome": "none_found",
   "name_public": "Byatappa",
   "display": "Byatappa (Police Constable)"
  },
  {
   "name": "Nagaraj",
   "rank": "Police Constable",
   "unit": "Town Police Station, Chikkaballapur",
   "role": "convicted",
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   "key2_gemapi": null,
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   "jev_risk": 0.43,
   "jev_p_culpable": 0.75,
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   "later_outcome": "none_found",
   "name_public": "Nagaraj",
   "display": "Nagaraj (Police Constable)"
  },
  {
   "name": "Khaleel",
   "rank": "Police Constable",
   "unit": "Town Police Station, Chikkaballapur",
   "role": "convicted",
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   "ledger_role": "convicted",
   "key2": "yes",
   "key2_agy": "yes",
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   "jev_risk": 0.45,
   "jev_p_culpable": 0.68,
   "key2_gpt": null,
   "later_outcome": "none_found",
   "name_public": "Khaleel",
   "display": "Khaleel (Police Constable)"
  }
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 "officer_count": 4,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": 42,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Chikkaballapur man, age 42"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": null,
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1768438/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. On 17 January 1989, complainant [name withheld] arrived at the Chikkaballapur court premises with his advocate and surety to move a bail application in a bailable case, but was apprehended by the Sub-Inspector and three constables, dragged to the police station, assaulted with fists and boots, and subjected to electric shocks. The trial Magistrate acquitted all four policemen in 2005. The Karnataka High Court reversed the acquittal, holding that the complainant had been illegally detained and assaulted despite the offence being bailable. The High Court convicted all four police officers under Sections 341 and 323 IPC, releasing them on probation under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act upon executing good behaviour bonds. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "On 17 January 1989, complainant [name withheld] arrived at the Chikkaballapur court premises with his advocate and surety to move a bail application in a bailable case, but was apprehended by the Sub-Inspector and three constables, dragged to the police station, assaulted with fists and boots, and subjected to electric shocks. The trial Magistrate acquitted all four policemen in 2005. The Karnataka High Court reversed the acquittal, holding that the complainant had been illegally detained and assaulted despite the offence being bailable. The High Court convicted all four police officers under Sections 341 and 323 IPC, releasing them on probation under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act upon executing good behaviour bonds.",
 "court_quote": "This appeal is allowed. The order of acquittal passed by the learned Magistrate is set aside. The accused 1 to 4 are convicted for the offence under Sec.341 and 323 IPC.",
 "court_quote_para": "18",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Karnataka HC set aside trial court acquittal and convicted Sub-Inspector and three constables under IPC 341 and 323 for custodial violence.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "tier_history": [
  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
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 "allegations": [
  {
   "category": "Custodial torture",
   "primary": true,
   "position": "Material fact supported",
   "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.",
   "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation"
  }
 ],
 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "2010-10-29",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Karnataka High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Karnataka High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation",
   "source": "Criminal Appeal No. 1455 of 2005",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "later_proceedings": [],
 "final_outcome_url": null,
 "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 record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
   "result": "holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
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 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1768438/",
   "link_checked": null
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 "merged_case_id": "KARNAT-009",
 "officers_named_public": 4,
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 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}