{
 "case_id": "t2w2-05-004",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "verification_status": "V1",
 "gate_status": "V1",
 "verify_passes": {
  "t2w2-05-004": {
   "ds": "accept",
   "mverify": "accept",
   "mverify2": "accept",
   "or2": "flag"
  }
 },
 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-056",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:07:39Z",
 "verdict_note": "HC dismissed appeal on 09-08-2024, confirming Lokayukta trial conviction of police constable.",
 "state": "Karnataka",
 "district": "Belagavi",
 "court": "Karnataka High Court",
 "court_level": "lokayukta_court",
 "trial_court_name": "IV Additional District and Sessions Judge and Special Judge (PCA), Belagavi",
 "case_title": "State vs Belagavi Police Civil Head Constable, Buckle No.750",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No.100217/2014 (against Spl.C.No.46/2012)",
 "conviction_date": "2014-11-03",
 "conviction_year": 2014,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2011-01-01",
 "incident_year": 2011,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Civil Head Constable, Buckle No.750",
   "unit": "Marihal Police Station, Belagavi",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Civil Head Constable, Buckle No.750, Marihal Police Station, Belagavi",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  }
 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Belagavi resident"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
 ],
 "sentence": "6 months SI under Sec.7; 1 year SI + Rs 5,000 fine (in default 2 months SI) under Sec.13(1)(d) r/w 13(2)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 1,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/145512185/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/145512185/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The IV Additional District and Sessions Judge and Special Judge (PCA), Belagavi in Spl.C.No.46/2012 on 3 November 2014 convicted Civil Head Constable (Buckle 750) of Marihal police station for demanding Rs 3,500 as illegal gratification for settling a criminal case filed by one Sanjay against the complainant's son (Rs 3,000 taken first; the Rs 500 balance trapped at Deepa Hotel, Belagavi, Cr.No.22/2011). He was sentenced to 6 months SI (Sec.7) and 1 year SI with Rs 5,000 fine (Sec.13). On 9 August 2024 the Karnataka High Court (Dharwad Bench, Crl.A.No.100217/2014) dismissed his appeal, holding demand by signs coupled with seizure from his person proved demand and acceptance beyond reasonable doubt.",
 "court_quote": "The Criminal Appeal stands dismissed.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w2-05",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w2-05-004": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V1 · Provenance checked — internal only",
 "tier_badge": null,
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "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": "t2w2-05-004=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-25",
   "scope": "Audit fix: trial conviction date corrected to the date the summary's source states (2014-11-03); the previous value (2024-08-09) was the date of the later High Court/Supreme Court order."
  }
 ],
 "case_title_or_number": "State by Lokayukta Police, Belagavi (DySP), Cr.No.22/2011 vs Belagavi Police Civil Head Constable, Buckle No.750",
 "conviction_date_source_order": "2024-08-09",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}