Vasu @ Laggere Vasu v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; CRL.P No. 8794 of 2024; Justice M G Uma; order dated 20 January 2025; NC: 2025:KHC:2084; petitioner Vasu @ Laggere Vasu; State of Karnataka, Hassan Extension Police; bail petition under S.439 Cr.PC (S.483 BNNS); dismissal of petition as withdrawn; withdrawal by counsel; S.C.No.248/2022; Cr.No.105/2022; offences under IPC 120B, 302, 341, 307 r/w 34; PW-2 eye-witness examined in chief on 10.10.2024; chief examination incomplete; witness not produced; direction to expedite trial; petitioner in judicial custody; HCGP K.P. Yashodha; advocates Mahesh Kumar K.M. and V.G. Tigadi; Hassan.
What did the court decide?
No bail relief granted; the petition was dismissed as withdrawn. A direction was issued through the learned High Court Government Pleader to expedite the trial and examine the material witness PW-2, the petitioner remaining in judicial custody.