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 "record_id": "CW-2026-0069",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1341",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Sri Dakshina Kannada Man vs State Of Karnataka",
 "display_title_redacted": "Sri Dakshina Kannada Man vs State Of Karnataka",
 "state": "Karnataka",
 "district": "Dakshina Kannada (Mangaluru)",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Kankanadi Town Police Station, Mangaluru City",
 "court": "High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru",
 "court_as_verified": "High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Sri Dakshina Kannada Man vs State Of Karnataka",
 "case_number": "WP No. 27908 of 2026 (GM-RES)",
 "citation": "NC: 2026:KHC:47995",
 "judges": [
  "M. Nagaprasanna"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-09-02",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2026-07-25",
 "incident_year": 2026,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "dereliction_evidence_tampering",
 "subcategory": "dereliction_evidence_tampering",
 "subcategory_display": "dereliction evidence tampering",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding",
 "sections": [
  "Sections 79 and 80 of the Karnataka Police Act, 1963"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Station House Officer",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Kankanadi Town Police Station, Mangaluru City",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Station House Officer, Kankanadi Town Police Station, Mangaluru City"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Police Sub-Inspector",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Kankanadi Town Police Station, Mangaluru City",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Sub-Inspector, Kankanadi Town Police Station, Mangaluru City"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Police Sub-Inspector",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Kankanadi Town Police Station, Mangaluru City",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Sub-Inspector, Kankanadi Town Police Station, Mangaluru City"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Police Constable",
   "role": "named_in_finding",
   "unit": "Kankanadi Town Police Station, Mangaluru City",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable, Kankanadi Town Police Station, Mangaluru City"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 4,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Dakshina Kannada man"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Dakshina Kannada man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 2,
 "sentence_type": null,
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/91571849/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The High Court allowed the writ petition in part, quashed FIR in Crime No.102/2026 by Kankanadi Town Police Station qua the petitioners on the ground that Andar Bahar is a game of skill, quashed the JMFC (VI Court) Mangaluru remand order in N.C.No.02 of 2026 dated 25.07.2026, and directed return of illegally seized money/items/valuables under Property List No.116 of 2026 to petitioner2 following the unauthorized raid on 25.07.2026. No departmental/disciplinary action was ordered in the operative directions.",
 "summary_verified": "The High Court allowed the writ petition in part, quashed FIR in Crime No.102/2026 by Kankanadi Town Police Station qua the petitioners on the ground that Andar Bahar is a game of skill, quashed the JMFC (VI Court) Mangaluru remand order in N.C.No.02 of 2026 dated 25.07.2026, and directed return of illegally seized money/items/valuables under Property List No.116 of 2026 to petitioner2 following the unauthorized raid on 25.07.2026. No departmental/disciplinary action was ordered in the operative directions.",
 "court_quote": "Mandamus issues to respondent Nos.4, 5 and 6 are directed to forthwith return the illegally seized money,",
 "court_quote_para": "Operative direction",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "court_quote is petitioner's prayer not the court's operative order and names an officer (Mr. [name withheld]) in violation of no-names rule; summary falsely claims court issued mandamus for strict departmental/disciplinary action and for deliberate concealment/fabrication and D.K. Basu/Arnesh Kumar violation - operative order is 'Writ Petition is allowed in part' with only 4 directions and no disciplinary direction; outcome_type strictures unsupported - no strictures/disciplinary ordered; supported adverse finding is quashing plus return of illegally seized money/unauthorized raid",
 "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": "2026-09-02",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru recorded adverse findings against police personnel.",
   "disposition": "adverse finding compensation",
   "source": "NC: 2026:KHC:47995",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "later_proceedings": [],
 "final_outcome_url": null,
 "followup_history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-24",
   "scope": "Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark)."
  }
 ],
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-24",
 "link_checked_per_url": [
  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/91571849/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
 ],
 "source_assessment": {
  "established": null,
  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
 "publication_basis": null,
 "reviews": [],
 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
 },
 "fidelity_checked": false,
 "verified_by": [
  "swarm-verify-cop-ka-hc"
 ],
 "merged_case_id": "cop-ka-hc-0",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}