Sharanabasappa and Ors. v. the State
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka; criminal appeal against conviction and three-year simple-imprisonment sentence with fine, imposed by the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kalaburagi in a Sessions Case for an offence under the Indian Penal Code (section number illegible; identical token pattern recurs at conviction, argument and operative-order stages). Cruelty-based allegations by the complainant against the accused; held unsustainable as resting on bald and general allegations without specific particulars of incident, accused, date or time, and as contradicted by her cross-examination admission that she had never informed anyone of the cruelty. Result: appeal allowed, conviction and sentence set aside, acquittal recorded, fine refundable after appeal period, bonds cancelled, trial records returned. Parties, advocates, judge, docket number, dates and amounts not legible. Correction endorsements dated 21.08.2025 appear in the text.