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 "case_id": "t2-13-020",
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 "verification_status": "V1",
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-041",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:03:35Z",
 "verdict_note": "CBI PR 17-04-2026 confirms Spl MP/MLA Court Bengaluru convicted PI [name withheld] (then SHO Dharwad Sub-Urban) u/s 120-B/201/218 IPC; 7 yrs RI + Rs 80,000.",
 "state": "Karnataka",
 "district": "Dharwad",
 "court": "LXXXI Additional City Civil & Sessions Judge (Special Court for MP/MLA cases), Bengaluru",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "trial_court_name": "LXXXI Additional City Civil & Sessions Judge (Special Court for MP/MLA cases), Bengaluru",
 "case_title": "CBI v. Karnataka Police Police Inspector (then SHO)",
 "case_number": "Spl CC 565/21 (RC 17(S)/19-CBI/BLR)",
 "conviction_date": "2026-04-15",
 "conviction_year": 2026,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2016-06-15",
 "incident_year": 2016,
 "category": "misconduct",
 "subcategory": "false_implication_fabrication",
 "raw_subcategory": "false_implication_fabrication",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Police Inspector (then SHO)",
   "unit": "Dharwad Sub-Urban Police Station, Karnataka Police",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Inspector (then SHO), Dharwad Sub-Urban Police Station, Karnataka Police",
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   "name": null
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 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Dharwad man"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "IPC 120-B",
  "IPC 201 r/w 120-B",
  "IPC 218 r/w 120-B"
 ],
 "sentence": "Rigorous imprisonment 7 years + fine Rs 80,000 (convicted 15.04.2026; sentenced 17.04.2026)",
 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
 "sentence_max_years": 7,
 "appeal_status": "pending",
 "appeal_url": "https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/karnataka-hc-suspends-life-sentence-of-congress-mla-vinay-kulkarni-in-yogesh-gowda-murder-case-grants-bail",
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://cbi.gov.in/press-detail/NzY5NQ==",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Special MP/MLA Court, Bengaluru convicted Police Inspector, then SHO of Dharwad Sub-Urban station, for conspiring with the murder masterminds to destroy evidence and frame others for the 15.06.2016 murder of Zilla Panchayat member a Dharwad man, sentencing him to 7 years' RI. The court held the Dharwad police's original chargesheet against six persons was part of the cover-up exposed by the CBI's further investigation. Sixteen other accused including the MLA-mastermind received double life terms; Rs 16 lakh of the fines goes to the victim's children.",
 "court_quote": "Finally, accused Police Inspector [name withheld] has been sentenced for 7 years RI and been imposed a fine of Rs. 80,000/- under 120-B IPC and 201, 218 r/w 120-B IPC.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2-13",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2-13-020": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V1 · Provenance checked — internal only",
 "tier_badge": null,
 "subcategory_display": "false implication fabrication",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
 "followup_status": "checked",
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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)",
   "result": "t2-13-020=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
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 "case_title_or_number": "CBI v. Karnataka Police Police Inspector (then SHO)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}