Karnataka HC Quashes Murder Case Against Accused To Save Judicial Time After Witnesses Turned Hostile In Separate Trial Against Co-Accused

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a murder case against an accused after the co-accused in the case who were tried while the accused was absconding, came to be acquitted by the trial court.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Vishwanath Koraga Shetty and quashed the proceedings pending against him for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147,...