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Shivasharanappa Dandappagoal v. the State of Karnataka and Anr.
Karnataka HCCRL.P/200132/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Quashing — criminal petition — Karnataka Excise Act — prosecution of a licence holder on the allegation of having sold liquor to another accused who in turn resold it to the public — raid by Enforcement Police Station, Kalaburagi — purchaser's statement implicating the petitioner's shop — proceedings held unsustainable and quashed against the petitioner. Source document badly corrupted (unreadable font encoding): names, numbers, dates and section numbers illegible; bench evidenced only by digital signature (SHIVAKUMAR HIREMATH).
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the entire criminal proceedings arising out of the crime registered for offences under the Karnataka Excise Act, as against the petitioner. ¶42