Moinuddin v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of criminal proceedings; Essential Commodities Act 1955 Ss.3, 6, 7; Karnataka Essential Commodities (Public Distribution System) Public Control Order 2016 Ss.3, 4, 12, 18, 19; Karnataka Essential Commodities (Storage Accounts Maintaining Value Notification) Order 1981 Ss.4, 5, 8; IPC S.420 r/w S.34; prosecution on co-accused's confession statement impermissible; absence of corroborative material; food grains seizure; Public Distribution Scheme; Crime No.70/2019; CC No.1008/2020; Aland Police Station; JMFC Aland; Kalaburagi; CRL.P No. 200123 of 2024; order dated 5.7.2023 in Crl.P.No.200791/2023 followed; Hemant Chandangoudar, J.; 06.02.2025.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the entire proceeding in CC No.1008/2020 arising out of Crime No.70/2019 registered by Aland Police Station, pending before the Principal Civil Judge/JMFC, Aland, insofar as it relates to the petitioner-accused No.2.