Karnataka Court July 1957 Judgments
Karnam Siddappa Vs. State of Mysore
Court: Karnataka
Decided on: Jul-31-1957
Reported in: AIR1958Kant82; AIR1958Mys82; 1958CriLJ784; ILR1957KAR374
ORDER1. In this petition, Mr. V. Krishnamurthy, Advocate for the Petitioner-Accused raised several contentions. One of such contentions, in my opinion, requires consideration.2. The accused was charged under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code and was convicted and sentenced to six months' Rigorous Imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs. 500/- and is default of payment to undergo Simple Imprisonment for one month more. He was the President of a Co-operative Society. The charge against him was that he misappropriated between 30th June 1953 and 18th January 1954 a sum of Rs. 7,849-2-8. He was previously convicted on the same allegations and against that conviction he preferred an appeal to the Sessions Court at Bellary and the Sessions Judge set aside the conviction and sent the matter hack for framing the charge properly, he being of opinion that the charge framed was not proper. Thereafter the present charge was framed and the trial took place and he was convicted and sentenced as menti...
Tag this Judgment!Parasiva Murthy Vs. Rachaiah and anr.
Court: Karnataka
Decided on: Jul-25-1957
Reported in: AIR1958Kant125; AIR1958Mys125; ILR1957KAR65; (1957)35MysLJ216
S.R. Das Gupta, C.J. 1. The question raised in this appeal is whether or not an alienation by natural guardian to pay the barred debts of the father of the minor is binding on the interests of the minor. It arises in this way. The plaintiffs arc the two brothers of the minor. The father of the minor had mortgaged the property in question some time in 1920. The minor was born on 15-7-1930. Some time before 1937--the exact date is not known -- the father died On his death his widow Siddi became the natural guardian of the minor. On 15-7-1937 the said Siddi executed a sale deed whereby she transferred the property in question in favour of the Appellant before us for the total sum of RS. 300/-.Out of the said sum of Rs. 300/-, Rs. 200/-were paid to discharge the debt payable by the minor's father on the mortgage which, as I have already mentioned, was executed in the year 1920. That debt was on the date of the said sale already barred. Rs. 100/- were sought to have been utilised for the ma...
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