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 "case_id": "t2-04-006",
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 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
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   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "accept"
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-035",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:10:00+00:00",
 "verdict_note": "Full trial judgment read: Spl. Judge Bengaluru (CCH-77) convicted Inspector 23.03.2020 in DA case; 4 yr SI + Rs 90 lakh fine.",
 "state": "Karnataka",
 "district": "Bengaluru Urban",
 "court": "LXXVI Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge, Bengaluru (CCH-77)",
 "court_level": "lokayukta_court",
 "trial_court_name": "LXXVI Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge, Bengaluru (CCH-77)",
 "case_title": "State of Karnataka vs E. Kenchegowda",
 "case_number": "Spl.C.No.525/2014 (Lokayukta Cr.No.55/2012)",
 "conviction_date": "2020-03-23",
 "conviction_year": 2020,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2012-06-22",
 "incident_year": 2012,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "other",
 "raw_subcategory": "other",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Inspector of Police",
   "unit": "Yelahanka Police Station, Bengaluru City (at trial: P.R.C. Unit, Regional Office, Nagasandra, Bengaluru); earlier PSI at Mysuru, Haveri, Hangal, Attibele, Hebbagodu; Inspector at Kolar)",
   "publish_grade": "named_safe",
   "name_public": "E. Kenchegowda",
   "display": "E. Kenchegowda (Inspector of Police)",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": "E. Kenchegowda"
  }
 ],
 "victims": [],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(e) r/w s.13(2)",
  "IPC 177"
 ],
 "sentence": "4 years simple imprisonment + Rs 90,00,000 fine (in default 2 years SI) under Sec.13(1)(e) r/w 13(2) PC Act; Rs 1,000 fine (in default 1 month SI) under Sec.177 IPC",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 4,
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/53169385/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The LXXVI Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge, Bengaluru (CCH-77, Sri Ron Vasudev) on 23 March 2020 convicted Inspector of Police E. Kenchegowda of Yelahanka police station in Lokayukta Crime No.55/2012, holding he amassed assets of Rs 82,48,405.83 beyond his known sources of income during 1996-2012 and furnished false information (including concocted APRs and a sham lease-cum-mortgage deed) to screen the acquisitions. He was sentenced to 4 years simple imprisonment with a Rs 90 lakh fine for the PC Act offence and a Rs 1,000 fine under Sec.177 IPC, and acquitted of the Sec.193 and 465 IPC charges. No appeal outcome is known.",
 "court_quote": "Offender is directed to undergo Simple Imprisonment for four (4) years and shall pay fine of Rs. 90,00,000=00 (Rupees Ninety Lakhs only) for the offence punishable U/s.13(1)(e) r/w. Sec.13(2) of P.C. Act.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-04",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-04-006": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "subcategory_display": "other",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "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 row against the official source (reverify/t2-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
   "result": "t2-04-006=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State by Police Inspector, Karnataka Lokayukta (City Division), Cr.No.55/2012 vs E. Kenchegowda — Spl.C.No.525/2014",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}