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 "verified_at": "2026-09-17T22:08:36Z",
 "verdict_note": "Full HC order text confirms PSI identity, trial conviction 6 May 2019 and ss.7/13 PC Act.",
 "state": "Karnataka",
 "district": "Shivamogga",
 "court": "Special Court, Shivamogga (Lokayukta)",
 "court_level": "lokayukta_court",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Judge, Shivamogga",
 "case_title": "State by Karnataka Lokayuktha, Shivamogga v. Shivamogga Police Police Sub-Inspector",
 "case_number": "Spl.(PC) Case No. 03/2010 (Crl.A.No.507/2021, Karnataka HC)",
 "conviction_date": "2019-05-06",
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 "date_precision": "day",
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 "category": "corruption",
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   "unit": "Town Police Station, Sagar, Shivamogga district",
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 "sections": [
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  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
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 "sentence": "Term not stated in HC order; HC notes the sentence imposed was 'not less than the minimum provided' (statutory minimum 6 months under pre-2018 Sec.7 / 1 year under Sec.13(2))",
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 "summary": "The Special Judge, Shivamogga, in Spl.(PC) Case No.03/2010 on 6 May 2019 convicted PSI of Town Police Station, Sagar, for offences under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, imposing a sentence the High Court later described as not less than the statutory minimum. The [name withheld]'s appeal for enhancement of sentence (Crl.A.No.507/2021 under Sec.377 CrPC) was dismissed by the Karnataka High Court on 8 December 2021 for unexplained 391-day delay, leaving the conviction and sentence undisturbed. Bribe amount, trap date and exact sentence are not stated in the appellate order.",
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   "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 row against the official source (reverify/t2-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
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 "case_title_or_number": "State by Karnataka Lokayuktha, Shivamogga vs Shivamogga Police Police Sub-Inspector",
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 "watch": "babuwatch"
}