Neelakanth v. the State

Karnataka HC3 Jul 2025CRL.A/200070/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Withdrawal of criminal appeal; bail rejection under Section 483 BNSS 2023; appeal under Section 14A(2) SC/ST P.A. Act; appellant Neelakanth S/o Shivayogappa Mamani (auto driver, Kalaburagi); respondents State through University Police Station, Kalaburagi and Shivasharanappa S/o Amruth Ladanti; Spl.Case SC/ST No.81/2022; Crime No.140/2022; II Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Kalaburagi; offences under Sections 302, 201, 120(B), 109 r/w 149 IPC and Section 3(2)(v) SC/ST P.A. Act; memo for withdrawal; dismissed as withdrawn; Justice V Srishananda; Karnataka High Court Kalaburagi Bench; 03-07-2025.

What did the court decide?

Leave to withdraw the appeal effectively granted; appeal dismissed as withdrawn. No direction on the merits of the bail rejection. ¶¶33-34

Neelakanth Vs the State — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Karnataka HC (2025)

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NC: 2025:KHC-K:3611 CRL.A No. 200070 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA,

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KALABURAGI BENCH

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DATED THIS THE 03^RD DAY OF JULY, 2025

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BEFORE

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA

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CRIMINAL APPEAL No.200070 OF 2025 (U/S 14 (A))

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BETWEEN:

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NEELAKANTH S/O SHIVAYOGAPPA MAMANI, AGE: 42 YEARS, OCC: AUTO DRIVER, R/O. FIROZABAD NOW AT PRESENT GANESH MANDIR, NEAR SARAF BAZAR, MAKTAMPUR KALABURAGI-585103.

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…APPELLANT

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(BY SRI. ZAKIR HUSSAIN USTAD, ADVOCATE)

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AND:

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Digitally signed by RENUKA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

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THE STATE THROUGH, UNIVERSITY POLICE STATION, KALABURAGI, REPRESENTED BY LEARNED, ADDL. STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENCH AT KALABURAGI-585105.

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SHIVASHARANAPPA S/O AMRUTH LADANTI, AGE:52 YEARS, OCC: COOLIE, R/O. SUKRAWADI TQ. ALAND, DIST. KALABURAGI. …RESPONDENTS

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(BY SRI. JAMADAR SHAHABUDDIN, HCGP FOR R1)

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HC-KAR

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THIS CRL.A. IS FILED UNDER SECTION 14A(2) OF SC/ST P.A. ACT, PRAYING TO ALLOW THE APPEAL AND SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED: 24/04/2024 IN SPL.CASE SC/ST NO.81/2022 REJECTING THE BAIL PETITION FILED BY THE APPELLANT U/SEC.483 OF B.N.S.S, 2023 AND BE PLEASED TO ENLARGE THE APPELLANT ON BAIL IN SPL.CASE SC/ST NO.81/2022 ITS CRIME NO.140/2022 OF UNIVERSITY POLICE STATION, KALABURAGI, PENDING ON THE FILE OF II ADDL. DIST. & SESSIONS JUDGE AT KALABURAGI, FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE U/SEC. 302, 201, 120(B), 109 R/W SEC.149 OF I.P.C. AND SEC.3(2)(V) OF SC/ST P.A ACT.

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THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA

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ORAL JUDGMENT

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(PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA)

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Learned counsel for the appellant has filed a memo which

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reads as under:

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“That the counsel for the appellant most respectfully submits as under:

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That the appellant, with the permission of this Hon’ble Court, seeks to withdraw the above appeal. It is therefore prayed that the appeal may kindly be permitted to be withdrawn, taken ton record, and disposed as withdrawn, in the interest of justice.”

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NC: 2025:KHC-K:3611 CRL.A No. 200070 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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