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 "case_id": "t2w2-05-019",
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 "verification_status": "V2",
 "gate_status": "V2",
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   "or2": "accept"
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 "verified_by": "t2mverify-chunk-057",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:14:10+00:00",
 "verdict_note": "Karnataka HC dismissed appeal as meritless; Spl. Case 17/2013 conviction of CHC Patil stands.",
 "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": "Basanagouda Siddanagouda Patil vs [name withheld] of Karnataka",
 "case_number": "Crl.A.No.100171/2015",
 "conviction_date": "2026-01-28",
 "conviction_year": 2026,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2012-06-18",
 "incident_year": 2012,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Civil Head Constable, B.No.1441",
   "unit": "Kakati Police Station (later Ankalagi Police Station, Gokak taluk), Belagavi",
   "publish_grade": "named_safe",
   "name_public": "Basanagouda Siddanagouda Patil",
   "display": "Basanagouda Siddanagouda Patil (Civil Head Constable, B.No.1441)",
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   "name": "Basanagouda Siddanagouda Patil"
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 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Belagavi man"
  }
 ],
 "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); concurrent; MO.1 (Rs 1,000) confiscated to Government",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 1,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/191120148/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/191120148/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The IV Additional District and Sessions Judge and Special Judge (PCA), Belagavi in Spl. Case No.17/2013 convicted Civil Head Constable (B.No.1441) of Kakati police station for demanding Rs 1,000 from complainant [name withheld] — repeatedly summoned with his wife to the station on suspicion in Raju Sulebhavi's 2 June 2011 gold-theft complaint, prompting a complaint to the SP Belagavi on 26 August 2011 — trapped by Lokayukta police on 18 June 2012 after a 16 June 2012 phone contact. He was sentenced to 6 months SI (Sec.7) and 1 year SI with Rs 5,000 fine (Sec.13), concurrent. On 28 January 2026 the Karnataka High Court (Dharwad, Crl.A.No.100171/2015) dismissed his appeal as meritless, holding the minimum sentence proper, and directed surrender by 10 February 2026.",
 "court_quote": "Appeal is meritless and hereby dismissed.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "source_job": "t2w2-05",
 "r8_check": {
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "member_verdicts": {
   "t2w2-05-019": "holds"
  },
  "applied": [],
  "noted": []
 },
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
 "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": "t2w2-05-019=holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
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 "case_title_or_number": "State by Lokayukta Police vs Basanagouda Siddanagouda Patil — Spl. Case No.17/2013; Crl.A.No.100171/2015 (Karnataka HC, Dharwad)",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}