Prasad v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC criminal petition ALLOWED; entire proceedings in a Kalaburagi trial-court case quashed. Themes: Covid-19; accused tested negative; 'apprehension' as basic ingredient of offences absent; erroneous/impermissible cognizance by Additional Civil Judge & JMFC; police could not have registered the case (asserted statutory bar); false case for extraneous reasons; abuse of process of law; similar prior Criminal Petitions quashed. Illegible in source (font-encoding corruption): case/Crime numbers, section numbers and statutes, dates, coram, party and advocate names.
What did the court decide?
Criminal petition allowed; the entire proceedings in the trial-court case (number illegible) pending before the Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Kalaburagi, arising out of Crime No. (illegible) registered at a Kalaburagi police station for offences under Sections (illegible), including the case read with the charged Section, quashed.