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 "record_id": "CW-2018-0026",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1233",
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 "display_title": "Hiriyur Police Circle Inspector of Police vs The State of Karnataka (by Lokayukta Police, Chitradurga)",
 "display_title_redacted": "Hiriyur Police Circle Inspector of Police vs The State of Karnataka (by Lokayukta Police, Chitradurga)",
 "state": "Karnataka",
 "district": "Chitradurga",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Hiriyur",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Hiriyur Circle, Chitradurga",
 "court": "Karnataka High Court",
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 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Hiriyur Police Circle Inspector of Police vs The State of Karnataka (by Lokayukta Police, Chitradurga)",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 1360 of 2010",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "N.K. Sudhindrarao"
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 "judgment_date": "2018-08-03",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2018,
 "incident_date": "2007-03-12",
 "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.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
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  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Circle Inspector of Police",
   "role": "convicted",
   "unit": "Hosadurga, Chitradurga district",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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    "key2:no_row"
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   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Circle Inspector of Police, Hosadurga, Chitradurga district"
  }
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 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [
  {
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Hiriyur man"
  }
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 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 2,
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 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/31961812/",
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. Minerals trader [name withheld] complained that Circle Inspector demanded Rs.1,00,000 as bribe for non-interference in his mines business, and the officer was caught red-handed in a Lokayukta trap. The Special Court at Chitradurga convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the PC Act, sentencing him to 3 and 5 years' simple imprisonment with fines. The Karnataka High Court held the demand and acceptance proved beyond reasonable doubt, rejected the jurisdictional objection to the Bengaluru Lokayukta police, and confirmed the conviction. The court reduced the sentence on health grounds to 1 year plus Rs.15,000 fine (s.7) and 2 years plus Rs.75,000 fine (s.13), concurrent. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "Minerals trader [name withheld] complained that Circle Inspector demanded Rs.1,00,000 as bribe for non-interference in his mines business, and the officer was caught red-handed in a Lokayukta trap. The Special Court at Chitradurga convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the PC Act, sentencing him to 3 and 5 years' simple imprisonment with fines. The Karnataka High Court held the demand and acceptance proved beyond reasonable doubt, rejected the jurisdictional objection to the Bengaluru Lokayukta police, and confirmed the conviction. The court reduced the sentence on health grounds to 1 year plus Rs.15,000 fine (s.7) and 2 years plus Rs.75,000 fine (s.13), concurrent.",
 "court_quote": "From all angles, the guilt of the accused in demanding and receiving of bribe of Rs.1,00,000/- is established and the learned trial Judge was right in finding the accused guilty of having committed the offence punishable under Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the P.C. Act, 1988.",
 "court_quote_para": "80",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "HC judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; PC Act bribery conviction of Circle Inspector confirmed, sentence reduced.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
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 "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"
  }
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  {
   "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. 1360 of 2010",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  },
  {
   "date": "2018-08-03",
   "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. 1360 of 2010",
   "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": "wrong_facts",
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  }
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 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/31961812/",
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  }
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  "basis": null
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 "v3_basis": null,
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP3-61-002",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
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