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 "record_id": "CW-2012-0001",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-0196",
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 "display_title": "S. B. Muniyappa vs The State of Karnataka",
 "display_title_redacted": "S. B. Muniyappa vs The State of Karnataka",
 "state": "Karnataka",
 "district": "Bengaluru Urban",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Bengaluru",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Vivek Nagar Police Station",
 "court": "Karnataka High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Karnataka High Court",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "S. B. Muniyappa vs The State of Karnataka",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 72 of 2007",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "V. Jagannathan"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2012-02-01",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2012,
 "incident_date": "1998-08-03",
 "incident_year": 1998,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "corruption",
 "admin_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "conviction_upheld",
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d)",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(2)"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": "S. B. Muniyappa",
   "rank": "Police Sub-Inspector",
   "unit": "Vivek Nagar Police Station",
   "role": "convicted",
   "publish_grade": "named_safe",
   "gate_reasons": [],
   "ledger_role": "convicted",
   "key2": "yes",
   "key2_agy": "yes",
   "key2_claude": null,
   "key2_union": null,
   "key2_gemapi": null,
   "key2_openrouter": "yes",
   "key2_gpt56": null,
   "grok": null,
   "jev_risk": 0.27,
   "jev_p_culpable": 0.86,
   "key2_gpt": null,
   "later_outcome": "none_found",
   "name_public": "S. B. Muniyappa",
   "display": "S. B. Muniyappa (Police Sub-Inspector)"
  }
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 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Bengaluru man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": 1,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/107004510/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. The appellant, S.B. Muniyappa, serving as Police Sub-Inspector at Vivek Nagar Police Station in Bengaluru, demanded a bribe of Rs 1,50,000 and accepted Rs 25,000 from the complainant to settle a cheque bounce dispute without registering a criminal case. Following a trap and investigation, the Special Court convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Karnataka High Court dismissed his appeal against conviction, holding that demand and acceptance of illegal gratification were proven beyond reasonable doubt, while modifying the sentence under Section 13(1)(d) to one year rigorous imprisonment to run concurrently with the sentence under Section 7.",
 "summary_verified": "The appellant, S.B. Muniyappa, serving as Police Sub-Inspector at Vivek Nagar Police Station in Bengaluru, demanded a bribe of Rs 1,50,000 and accepted Rs 25,000 from the complainant to settle a cheque bounce dispute without registering a criminal case. Following a trap and investigation, the Special Court convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Karnataka High Court dismissed his appeal against conviction, holding that demand and acceptance of illegal gratification were proven beyond reasonable doubt, while modifying the sentence under Section 13(1)(d) to one year rigorous imprisonment to run concurrently with the sentence under Section 7.",
 "court_quote": "This appeal is therefore allowed in part to the extent of modification in the sentence as indicated above. The trial court shall take necessary steps to secure the presence of the appellant for him to undergo the sentence.",
 "court_quote_para": "n/a",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Karnataka HC upheld conviction of Police Sub-Inspector under PC Act Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) for bribery, modifying sentence to 1 year RI.",
 "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"
 ],
 "allegations": [
  {
   "category": "Other",
   "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": null,
   "action_type": "Conviction",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Trial court (as recorded in the Karnataka High Court judgment)",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Karnataka High Court judgment.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation",
   "source": "Criminal Appeal No. 72 of 2007",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  },
  {
   "date": "2012-02-01",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Karnataka High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Karnataka High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)",
   "source": "Criminal Appeal No. 72 of 2007",
   "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": []
  }
 ],
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
 "link_checked_per_url": [
  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/107004510/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
 ],
 "source_assessment": {
  "established": null,
  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
 "publication_basis": null,
 "reviews": [],
 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
 },
 "fidelity_checked": true,
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 "merged_case_id": "KARNAT-011",
 "officers_named_public": 1,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}