{
 "case_id": "bx-r7-karnataka-lokayukta-04-004",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "state": "Karnataka",
 "district": "Chitradurga",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge's Court, Gadag",
 "court_level": "lokayukta_court",
 "conviction_date": "2008-11-20",
 "conviction_year": 2008,
 "incident_date": null,
 "case_title_or_number": "S.C. No.2/2004; Cr. No.8/2001",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Progress Assistant",
   "unit": "Taluk Panchayat Office, Hosadurga, Chitradurga district",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Progress Assistant, Taluk Panchayat Office, Hosadurga, Chitradurga district"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988"
 ],
 "sentence": "Simple imprisonment for two years; fine: Rs.5,000",
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "official_list",
 "source_agency": "karnataka-lokayukta",
 "primary_source_url": "https://lokayukta.karnataka.gov.in/pdf/AAR2008-09.pdf",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Karnataka Lokayukta's annual report for 2008-09 records that the Special Judge's Court, Gadag convicted a Progress Assistant, Taluk Panchayat Office, Hosadurga, Chitradurga district, on 20 November 2008 (S.C. No.2/2004; Cr. No.8/2001). The conviction was for bribery, under 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The sentence recorded is: Simple imprisonment for two years; fine: Rs.5,000. This is the agency's account of the court's decision; the official's name is withheld, and any later appeal is not reflected unless noted.",
 "court_quote": null,
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "service": "civil",
 "post": "Progress Assistant",
 "department": "Taluk Panchayat Office, Hosadurga",
 "government": "local",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}