Ajju @ Ajim @ MD Azaroddin v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
CRL.P No. 200721 of 2025, High Court of Karnataka, Kalaburagi Bench, Justice V Srishananda, decided 04-06-2025. Quashing petition under S.528 BNSS (482 Cr.PC) against entire proceeding of Crime No.85/2024, Humnabad Police Station, Bidar Dist. (S.7 COPTA/Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003; IPC Ss.149, 420, 468, 476, 269, 270, 284, 336); trial stated at PRL. Civil Judge (JD) and JMFC Court, Humnabad. Dismissed as withdrawn on counsel's memo with liberty to renew after filing of charge-sheet; no merits findings; no precedents cited. Keywords: withdrawal memo, pre-charge-sheet stage, quashing, tobacco offence, State of Karnataka, PSI Basavaraju.
What did the court decide?
Petition dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to renew the petition after filing of the charge-sheet, as prayed for in counsel's memo. ¶39