Smt Arathi a Lad v. State S I T Lokayuktha
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur; CRL.P No. 7485 of 2024 (decided 07.03.2025); S.482 Cr.P.C. quashing petition; attachment under S.3 Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 1944 by SIT Karnataka Lokayuktha; offences under IPC 379/409/447/420/120, PC Act 13(2)/13(1)(d), MMDR Act 21/23/4(1)/4(1)(a); Special Court for MPs/MLAs cases Bengaluru; substitution of attached property with alternate security worth over Rs.20 crore; release and discharge of attached property; petition disposed of, contentions kept open; Arathi A. Lad v. State SIT Lokayuktha and H. Anil Lad.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of without expressing any opinion on merits or maintainability; trial Court directed to accept the alternate property furnished by respondent No.2 (valued above Rs.20 crores) as security by way of attachment in place of the petitioner-accused No.5's attached properties (item Nos.1 and 2); respondent No.2 to produce title documents of the alternate property to the satisfaction of the trial Court; petitioner-accused No.5 at liberty to seek release and discharge of her attached property in the criminal miscellaneous application; all contentions of the parties kept open.