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 "record_id": "CW-2014-0023",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1229",
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 "display_title": "Hukkeri Police Police Constable (Buckle No. 507) vs State of Karnataka",
 "display_title_redacted": "Hukkeri Police Police Constable (Buckle No. 507) vs State of Karnataka",
 "state": "Karnataka",
 "district": "Belagavi",
 "district_at_time": "Belgaum",
 "city_town": "Hukkeri",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Hukkeri Police Station",
 "court": "Karnataka High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Karnataka High Court",
 "bench": "Dharwad",
 "case_title": "Hukkeri Police Police Constable (Buckle No. 507) vs State of Karnataka",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 2889/2011",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "K.N. Phaneendra"
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 "judgment_date": "2014-03-14",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2014,
 "incident_date": "2007-05-12",
 "incident_year": 2007,
 "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.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Police Constable (Buckle No. 507)",
   "role": "convicted",
   "unit": "Hukkeri Police Station, Belgaum",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "gate_reasons": [
    "ledger:no_row",
    "key2:no_row"
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   "key2_gemapi": null,
   "key2_openrouter": null,
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   "jev_risk": null,
   "jev_p_culpable": null,
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   "later_outcome": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable (Buckle No. 507), Hukkeri Police Station, Belgaum"
  }
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 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": null,
   "descriptor": "Hukkeri resident"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/144071803/",
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. Police Constable (Buckle No. 507) of Hukkeri Police Station demanded Rs.500 from villager a Hukkeri resident in May 2007 to not harass him over a land-dispute compromise, threatening lock-up, and was caught in a Lokayukta trap with phenolphthalein-smeared notes and a positive hand wash. The Special Judge, Belgaum, convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act on 26 November 2011. The High Court held receiving illegal remuneration he was not entitled to attracted Section 13(1)(d)(i) though no official favour was pending, and rejected the sanction challenge. It set aside the Section 7 conviction but confirmed the 2-year RI plus Rs.3,000 fine under Section 13(1)(d), directing surrender. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "Police Constable (Buckle No. 507) of Hukkeri Police Station demanded Rs.500 from villager a Hukkeri resident in May 2007 to not harass him over a land-dispute compromise, threatening lock-up, and was caught in a Lokayukta trap with phenolphthalein-smeared notes and a positive hand wash. The Special Judge, Belgaum, convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act on 26 November 2011. The High Court held receiving illegal remuneration he was not entitled to attracted Section 13(1)(d)(i) though no official favour was pending, and rejected the sanction challenge. It set aside the Section 7 conviction but confirmed the 2-year RI plus Rs.3,000 fine under Section 13(1)(d), directing surrender.",
 "court_quote": "Therefore, looking to the above facts and circumstances of the case and also the evidence relied upon by the prosecution though the official favour was not in existence to be shown in favour of the complainant by the accused, nevertheless, the accused who was not entitled for any money from the complainant, he has received the said illegal remuneration from the complainant and thereby the Section 13(1)(d)(i) is definitely attracted.",
 "court_quote_para": "34",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "HC judgment verified on IK; PC Act s.13(1)(d) bribery conviction of constable confirmed (s.7 set aside), surrender ordered.",
 "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. 2889/2011",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  },
  {
   "date": "2014-03-14",
   "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. 2889/2011",
   "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/144071803/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
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 "source_assessment": {
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  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
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 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
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 "fidelity_checked": true,
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP3-59-001",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}