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Sethu Vs the State of Karnataka — Criminal Trial and Appeal | Karnataka HC (2022)

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Sethu v. the State of Karnataka

Karnataka HC28 Jan 2022CRL.A/1339/2017

Case brief

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What is this about?

Criminal appeal dismissed as withdrawn after appellant filed a memo stating he had already been released on serving sentence.

What the court decided

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Crl.A.No.1339/2017

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 28^TH DAY OF JANUARY 2022

BEFORE

THE HON’BLE MRS JUSTICE K.S.MUDAGAL

CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1339/2017

BETWEEN:

SETHU AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS S/O BALA R/AT NO.148 (OLD NO.165) 5^TH CROSS, NEAR SHIVA TEMPLE ANANDAPURA, MYSURU ROAD BENGALURU – 560 026 …APPELLANT

(BY SRI M.R.C.MANOHAR, ADVOCATE)

AND:

THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY CHAMARAJPET POLICE STATION CHAMARAJPET, BANGALORE REP. BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT COMPLEX BENGALURU – 560 001 …RESPONDENT

Parties & counsel

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appellant
Sethu
respondent
The State of Karnataka

Coram

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K.S. Mudagal

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Karnataka HC
Decided on: 28 Jan 2022 · January
Registered: 9 Aug 2017
Case no.: CRL.A/1339/2017

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Cite this judgement

Sethu v. the State of Karnataka, CRL.A/1339/2017 (KA), decided on 28 January 2022.

The High Court of Karnataka publishes no neutral citation for this judgement — cite it by case number and date of decision.

Bench / Coram

K.S. Mudagal

Parties & counsel

Outcome

Dismissed

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

The appellant stated via counsel that he had already been released while serving his sentence. Recording this submission, the Court dismissed the criminal appeal as withdrawn.

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(BY SRI SHANKAR H.S., HCGP)

THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION 374(2) OF CR.P.C. PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE DATED 28.01.2016 PASSED BY THE LIII ADDITIONAL CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BANGALORE IN SPL.C.C.NO.395/2015 CONVICTING THE APPELLANT FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 354A, 354B OF IPC AND UNDER SECTION 9(m) R/W SECTION 10 OF the PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT, 2012.

Crl.A.No.1339/2017

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THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL COMING ON FOR HEARING THIS DAY, THE COURT THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCE DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

J U D G M E N T

Learned Counsel for the appellant submits memo

reporting that the appellant has already been released on

serving sentence, therefore he does not press the appeal.

Recording the memo, the appeal is dismissed as

withdrawn.

Sd/JUDGE

KSR

CNR

KAHC010390932017

Topic

Criminal Trial and Appeal

Bench

Disposal

DISMISSED

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