State of Karnataka v. Sri.Dayanand Gurusiddappa Huchhannavar
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: application under Section 323 Cr.P.C. to invoke/add Section 307 IPC; insufficiency of single eyewitness (PW.1) testimony for attempt to murder; ingredients of Section 307 IPC (all ingredients of murder, survival by chance); grievous hurt under Section 320 IPC; charge under Section 326 IPC; stone pelting during land/construction dispute with prior enmity; unarmed accused; sudden altercation; revisional jurisdiction under Sections 397/401 Cr.P.C.; Gokak Town Police Crime No.137/2015; C.C.No.226/2016 JMFC Gokak; Crl.R.P.No.350/2019 XII Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Belagavi at Gokak; incident dated 07.07.2015; impugned order dated 12.11.2019; State of Karnataka v. Dayanand Gurusiddappa Huchhannavar and others; High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench; Justice V. Srishananda; decided 03.03.2025; NC: 2025:KHC-D:4114.
What did the court decide?
None; the criminal revision petition filed by the State was dismissed and the order dated 12.11.2019 of the learned Sessions Judge in Crl.R.P.No.350/2019 stands.