Ajit S/O Baburao Jadhav v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of charge sheet; unlawful assembly during Covid-19 pandemic; installation of Shivaji statue on Belagavi City Corporation property; trespass; Section 188 IPC; Section 195 CrPC cognizance bar for Ss.172-188 IPC; Bandekar Brothers (2020) 20 SCC 1; Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act 2020 Sections 4, 5(1), 5(2), 5(4) and 9(iii) thirty-day investigation limit; Karnataka Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act Section 3; omnibus and general allegations; no specific overt acts; no evidence of corona infection; abuse of process of law; inherent powers S.482 CrPC / S.528 BNSS; C.C.No.403/2021; Crime No.84/2021; IV JMFC Belagavi; APMC Yard Police Station; Hemant Chandangoudar, J.; Dharwad Bench; NC: 2025:KHC-D:1107.
What did the court decide?
Criminal petition allowed; proceedings in C.C.No.403/2021 (IV JMFC Court, Belagavi) quashed insofar as they relate to the petitioners.