Update utils.py

utils.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from paddleocr import PaddleOCR
 import re
 
-# Initialize OCR for English Aadhaar/PAN cards
+# Initialize OCR once (English)
 ocr = PaddleOCR(use_angle_cls=True, lang='en')
 
 def extract_kyc_fields(file_path):
@@ -101,13 +101,14 @@ def extract_kyc_fields(file_path):
             # Gender
             gender = "Not found"
             for line in lines:
-                if "MALE" in line.upper():
+                up = line.upper()
+                if "MALE" in up:
                     gender = "MALE"
                     break
-                elif "FEMALE" in line.upper():
+                elif "FEMALE" in up:
                     gender = "FEMALE"
                     break
-                elif "TRANSGENDER" in line.upper():
+                elif "TRANSGENDER" in up:
                     gender = "TRANSGENDER"
                     break
             response["gender"] = gender