Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 16 To September 22, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 403 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 410Nominal Index:Hanumantha & ANR AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 403T N Kumara AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 404Bharat Jaywant Kurane AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 405Lingesh K S & Others AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 406.PRIYANK KANOONGO AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 407.M/s.Shangrila Flat Owners Association AND Capt Mohan Prabhu. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 408SHOBHA KARANDLAJE AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 409Abin Thomas Sebastian AND Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 410Judgments/OrdersKarnataka HC Orders Departmental Inquiry Against Policemen For Filing False Chargesheet Under NDPS Act Against Students, Affecting Their CareersCase Title: Hanumantha & ANR AND State of Karnataka & ANRCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 11994 OF 2023Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 403.The Karnataka High Court has directed initiation of Disciplinary proceedings/departmental inquiry against three policemen for having filed a false charge sheet against two persons claiming they consumed Ganja, even when the FSL report clearly opined no presence of any form of contraband in their body.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Hanumantha and another and quashed the prosecution lodged against them under Section 27 of the Narcotics Drug And Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS)."Tried To Flee From Police, Conscious Possession": Karnataka HC Upholds Conviction Of Man Found With Counterfeit Currency In 2010 Case Title: T N Kumara AND State of KarnatakaCase No: CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 55 OF 2013Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 404The Karnataka High Court has upheld the conviction handed down to a man 14 years after the accused committed the offence of being in possession of counterfeit currency.A single judge bench of Justice Ramachandra D Huddar convicted T N Kumara, dismissed the appeal filed by him challenging the conviction under Section 489B and C of the Indian Penal Code in the year 2013.The court said “The Impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 3.1.2013 passed is hereby confirmed. The accused shall surrender before the trial Court forthwith to undergo sentence (five years). The Trial Court shall take steps to secure his presence in accordance with law and commit him to the prison to undergo sentence.”Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Four Accused Allegedly Involved In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case Case Title: Bharat Jaywant Kurane AND State of KarnatakaCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 7787 OF 2024 C/W CRIMINAL PETITION NO.7811/2024, 7809/2024, 7805/2024.Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 405The Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to four accused allegedly involved in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh.A single Judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty granted bail to Bharat Kurane, Srikanth Pangarkar, Sujith Kumar and Sudhanva Gondhalekar, on them executing a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh each, with two sureties of like amount.The petitioners are charged under Sections 302, 120B, 118, 203, 35 IPC, Sections 25(1) & 27(1) of the Indian Arms Act, 1959, and Sections 3(1)(i), 3(2), 3(3) & 3(4) of the Karnataka Control of Organized Crimes Act, 2000.Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Cheating Case Against Ex-MLA Lingesh, Others Accused Of Bartering Away ₹750 Cr Worth Govt LandCase Title: Lingesh K S & Others AND State of KarnatakaCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.5030 OF 2023Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 406.The Karnataka High Court refused to quash a cheating and criminal conspiracy case lodged against former MLA Lingesh K S–who was the Chairman of a committee for regularisation of land between 2016-2023, after "prima facie" observing that the committee had bartered away government land as if it was its personal property.It had been alleged that the committee–Bagair Hukum Saguvali Samithi had created records and bartered away Government lands to an extent of 2750 acres to 1430 bogus beneficiaries, valued at more than 750 crores in Lingesh's constituency at Belur, who was the then Chairman. The plea before the high court, for quashing of the case was moved by Lingesh as well as other members of the committee.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna while dismissing the petition filed by Lingesh and others in its order said, “...I hold that Bagair Hukum Committee has acted Bagair Kanoon, albeit, prima facie”.Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Filed Against NCPCR Chief For Allegedly Trespassing Into Orphanage, Passing Derogatory Remarks Case Title: PRIYANK KANOONGO AND State of KarnatakaCase No: CRL.P 5840/2024Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 407.The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed the prosecution initiated against National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chief Priyank Kanoongo, for allegedly trespassing into a Muslim orphanage and comparing the living conditions there with life...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 16 To September 22, 2024

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