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- 1 - NC:2024. KHC:33494 CRL.P No.6248 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU R DATED THIS THE21T DAY OF AUGUST, 2024 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION No.6248 OF2024BETWEEN:1. SRI GAJENDRA K.M., S/O MUNISHAMAPPA AGED ABOUT26YEARS.2. SRI BABU S/O BYATHYAPPA AGED ABOUT33YEARS.3. SRI BYATHYAPPA S/O LATE NARAYANAPPA AGED ABOUT80YEARS.4. SMT. VENKATALAKSHMAMMA W/O BYATHYAPPA AGED ABOUT70YEARS.5. SMT. SUSHEELAMMA W/O MUNISHAMAPPA AGED ABOUT40YEARS.6. SMT. MANULA W/O BABU AGED ABOUT28YEARS ALL ARE RESIDING AT KOTTURU VILLAGE TEKAL HOBLI MALUR TALUK, KOLAR DISTRICT 563 101. PETITIONERS (BY SRI CHOKKAREDDY, ADVOCATE) - 2 - NC:2024. KHC:33494 CRL.P No.6248 of 2024 AND:1. STATE BY POLICE SUB-INSPECTOR MASTHI POLICE STATION REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT BUILDING BENGALURU 560 001.2. SRI VENKATESH S/O LATE MUNIYAPPA AGED ABOUT42YEARS RESIDING AT EEKAMBHAHALLI VILLAGE KOLAR, KASABA HOBLI KOLAR TALUK AND DISTRICT 563 101. RESPONDENTS (...
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2024 INSC614REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA ORIGINAL/APPELLATE JURISDICTION SUO MOTU WRIT PETITION (C) No.3 OF2023IN RE: RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF ADOLESCENTS with CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1451 OF2024JUDGMENT ABHAY S. OKA, J.FACTUAL ASPECTS1 Criminal Appeal no.1451 of 2024 has been preferred by the State of West Bengal, aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 18th October 2023, passed by a Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Calcutta. The learned Special Judge appointed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short, the POCSO Act), Baruipur, South 24 Parganas, convicted the accused for the offences punishable under Section 6 of the POCSO Act and Sections 363 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, the IPC). For the offence punishable under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, the accused was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for twenty years and pay a fine of Rs.10,000/-. He was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for four and five ye...
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2024 INSC609NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1691 OF2023HUSSAINBHAI ASGARALI LOKHANDWALA APPELLANT(S) VERSUS STATE OF GUJARAT RESPONDENT(S) WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS. 1693-1695 OF2023ASGARALI ONALI LOKHANDWALA APPELLANT(S) VERSUS STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1692 OF2023HUSSAINI MITHIBOREWALA APPELLANT(S) VERSUS ASGARALI ONALI LOKHANDWALA & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) 2 JUDGMENT UJJAL BHUYAN, J.1. This judgment will dispose of Criminal Appeal Nos. 1691 of 2023, 1692 of 2023, 1693 of 2023, 1694 of 2023 and 1695 of 2023.2. Criminal Appeal No.1691 of 2023 arises out of SLP(Criminal) No.7622 of 2016 filed by Hussainbhai Asgarali Lokhandwala (appellant herein). In this appeal, challenge has been made to the judgment and order dated 06.05.2016 passed by the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad (High Court hereinafter) in Criminal Appeal No.29 of 2007 whereby, though the High Court modified the judgment and ord...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC601IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF2024(Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No.9783/2023) JAMES KUNJWAL APPELANT(S) Versus STATE OF UTTARAKHAND & ANR. RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT SANJAY KAROL, J.Leave Granted.2. Impugned in the present appeal is the final order dated 1st October 2022, passed by the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital in Bail Cancellation Application No.24/2022, whereby, although the said application was dismissed, it was observed that James Kunjwal, the present appellant had intentionally filed a false affidavit before the High Court and as such, a direction was issued to the Registrar (Judl.) of the High Court to file a complaint against him. This, in a nutshell, forms the basis for this appeal. 1|Crl. Appeal a/o SLP (Crl) 9783 of 2023 3. It would be necessary to appreciate the background in which the impugned order came to be passed. Briefly stated, the facts are :- 3.1 The appellant was made an accused in FIR...
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1 REPORTABLE2024INSC602IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.3369 OF2024[ @ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRL.) NO.4022 OF2022]. SRI SUJIES BENEFIT FUNDS LIMITED APPELLANT VERSUS M. JAGANATHUAN RESPONDENT JUDGMENT AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH, J.Heard Mr B. Ragunath, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. S. Nagamuthu, learned senior counsel for the respondent.2. Leave granted.3. The present appeal arises out of the Final Judgment dated 29.01.2020 (hereinafter referred to as the impugned judgment), passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at 2 Madras (hereinafter referred to as the High Court) in Criminal Appeal No.582/ 2012, whereby the appeal filed by the appellant was dismissed and the judgment dated 20.06.2012 of the Vth Additional District and Sessions Judge, Coimbatore (hereinafter referred to as the Appellate Court) in Criminal Appeal No.186/2010, was upheld. BRIEF FACTS:4. The sole Respondent (hereinafter also referred ...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC605IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA INHERENT JURISDICTION SUO MOTU CONTEMPT PETITION (CIVIL) No.4 OF2024IN WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.645 OF2022IN RE : PATANJALI AYURVED LIMITED THROUGH ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, ACHARYA BALKRISHNA AND BABA RAMDEV IN THE MATTER OF : INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER PETITIONERS Versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ..RESPONDENTS JUDGEMENT HIMA KOHLI, J.1. This order shall dispose of the suo motu contempt proceedings initiated by this Court against the proposed contemnors, Patanjali Ayurved Limited1, Acharya Balkrishna, Managing Director of Patanjali and Baba Ramdev. The circumstances leading to initiation of contempt proceedings against the aforesaid parties needs some elucidation. 1 For short Patanjali Page 1 of 41 A. BACKDROP2 Indian Medication Association2, the petitioner in the writ petition3 has invoked Article 32 of the Constitution of India for raising a grievance against Patanjali, its Managing Director Acharya Balkrishna and its prim...
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2024 INSC604REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.3173 OF2024JALALUDDIN KHAN APPELLANT VERSUS UNION OF INDIA RESPONDENT JUDGMENT ABHAY S. OKA, J.FACTUAL ASPECTS1 The appellant is being prosecuted for the offences punishable under Sections 121, 121A and 122 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, the IPC) and Sections 13, 18, 18A and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (for short, the UAPA). A charge sheet was filed on 7th January 2023. He is shown as accused no.2 in the charge sheet. The appellant applied for bail before the Special Court under the UAPA, which was rejected. Hence, the appellant and some co-accused applied for bail before the High Court. By the impugned judgment, the prayer for bail made by the appellant was rejected, while bail was granted to a co-accused. Criminal Appeal No.3173 of 2024 Page 1 of 22 SUBMISSIONS2 The submission of Ms Mukta Gupta, learned senior counsel, is that there is absolutely no m...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC600IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.520 OF2012MAHENDRA KUMAR SONKER APPELLANT(s) VERSUS THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH RESPONDENT(s) JUDGMENT K.V. Viswanathan, J.1. The present appeal calls in question the judgment dated 14.10.2009 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh in Criminal Appeal No.1949 of 2007. By the said judgment, the appellants conviction under Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short the IPC) and sentence of six months simple imprisonment and fine of Rs. 1,000/- imposed by the Special Judge, Sagar has been confirmed. Aggrieved, the appellant is in Appeal. 12. Originally, the appellant along with his wife Mamta stood trial. While the appellant was charged for offences under Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short the Act) as well as Sections 201 and 353 of the IPC, his wife Mamta was charged under Section 353 and 201 of ...
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1 R Reserved on :19. 07.2024 Pronounced on :09. 08.2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE09H DAY OF AUGUST, 2024 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION No.9707 OF2023BETWEEN: MAYUKH MUKHERJEE AGED ABOUT31YEARS S/O DEBABRATA MUKHERJEE RESIDING AT NO.76/1B-76/2 GEAR ROAD, KAVERAPPA LAYOUT KADUBISANAHALLI PANATHUR, BENGALURU 67. PRESENTLY RESIDING AT NO.78, WEST WIND FLAT-13B BLOCK-4, RAJA S. C., MALLICK ROAD, GARIA SOUTH-24, PARGANAS WEST BENGAL 700 084. ... PETITIONER (BY SRI SANDESH J.CHOUTA, SR. ADVOCATE A/W SRI PRATHEEP K. C., ADVOCATE) AND:1. . THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY MARATHAHALLI POLICE STATION2BENGALURU CITY REPRESENTED BY ITS STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA BENGALURU 01. 2 . PRONAB KUMAR SHARMA S/O LATE DEBENDRA KUMAR SHARMA AGED ABOUT70YEARS RESIDING AT SETTLEMENT LINK ROAD WARD NO.5, KMB, POST P.S., KARIMGANJ STATE OF ASSAM 788 710. ... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI THEJESH P., HCGP FOR R1; SMT DEEPA J.,...
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- 1 - NC:2024. KHC-D:11334 WP No.102296 of 2022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH DATED THIS THE9H DAY OF AUGUST, 2024 R BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.P.SANDESH WRIT PETITION No.102296 OF2022(GM-CPC) BETWEEN: M/S. SAMRUDHI GROUPS, HUBLI, A REGISTERED PARTNERSHIP FIRM, HAVING ITS OFFICE AT NO.334 TO335 BHAVANI ARCADE, NEAR BASAVA VANA, HUBBALLI, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER, SRI. SHASHIDHAR S/O. DANAPPA UJJANI, AGE: ABOUT55YEARS, OCC: BUSINESS, R/O. NO.97, SHARADHA COLONY, 7TH CROSS, DHARWAD-580001. ...PETITIONER (BY SRI. KINI N.S., ADVOCATE) AND:1. SRI. ANAND S/O. HOLEBASAPPA ANGADI, AGE: ABOUT40YEARS, OCC: BUSINESS, R/O. HOLEBASAWESHWAR NILAYA, LINGARAJ NAGAR, HUBBALLI-580020.2. SRI. HOLEBASAPPA S/O. IRAPPA ANGADI, AGE: ABOUT70YEARS, OCC: RETIRED, R/O. HOLEBASAWESHWAR NILAYA, LINGARAJ NAGAR, HUBBALLI-580020. RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. S.S. HEGDE, ADV. FOR R1; SRI. V.S. KOUJALAGI, ADV. FOR R2) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES226AND227OF THE CONSTITUTION OF IND...
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