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 "record_id": "CW-2026-0043",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1239",
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 "display_title": "Karikkottakkari Man v. Dy. S.P., VACB Unit-1 Kannur & State of Kerala",
 "display_title_redacted": "Karikkottakkari Man v. Dy. S.P., VACB Unit-1 Kannur & State of Kerala",
 "state": "Kerala",
 "district": "Kannur",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Karikkottakkari",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Karikkottakkari Police Station",
 "court": "Kerala High Court",
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 "case_title": "Karikkottakkari Man v. Dy. S.P., VACB Unit-1 Kannur & State of Kerala",
 "case_number": "Crl.A. No. 1670 of 2013",
 "citation": "2026:KER:5210",
 "judges": [
  "A. Badharudeen"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-01-21",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2003-05-02",
 "incident_year": 2003,
 "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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 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Sub-Inspector of Police",
   "role": "convicted",
   "unit": "Karikkottakkari Police Station",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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    "key2:no_row"
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   "jev_p_culpable": null,
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   "later_outcome": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Sub-Inspector of Police, Karikkottakkari Police Station"
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 "victims": [
  {
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Karikkottakkari man"
  }
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 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 1,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/130490866/",
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 "summary": "The Kerala High Court (single bench) confirmed the conviction of Sub-Inspector of Karikkottakkari Police Station by the Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge, Kozhikode (CC No. 19 of 2005) for demanding and accepting Rs 3,000 in marked notes from an autorickshaw driver to avoid foisting a case on him. The Court held demand and acceptance proved through the complainant corroborated by witnesses and the trap recovery, rejecting the defence of a false case. Accepting the plea for leniency, it reduced the sentence to the statutory minimum of six months' RI with Rs 10,000 fine under s.7 and one year's RI with Rs 10,000 fine under s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2), concurrent. It cancelled the appellant's bail and directed him to surrender forthwith. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Kerala High Court (single bench) confirmed the conviction of Sub-Inspector of Karikkottakkari Police Station by the Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge, Kozhikode (CC No. 19 of 2005) for demanding and accepting Rs 3,000 in marked notes from an autorickshaw driver to avoid foisting a case on him. The Court held demand and acceptance proved through the complainant corroborated by witnesses and the trap recovery, rejecting the defence of a false case. Accepting the plea for leniency, it reduced the sentence to the statutory minimum of six months' RI with Rs 10,000 fine under s.7 and one year's RI with Rs 10,000 fine under s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2), concurrent. It cancelled the appellant's bail and directed him to surrender forthwith.",
 "court_quote": "In view of the above, the conviction entered by the Special Court, after properly appreciating the evidence, does not call for any interference.",
 "court_quote_para": "30",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "HC confirmed SI's PC Act bribery conviction; sentence reduced to statutory minimum.",
 "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"
  }
 ],
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   "date": null,
   "action_type": "Conviction",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Trial court (as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment)",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation",
   "source": "2026:KER:5210",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-01-21",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Kerala High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Kerala High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)",
   "source": "2026:KER:5210",
   "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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  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/130490866/",
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  "basis": null
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP3-72-001",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}