Sri Mubarak v. State of Karnataka
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Mubarak v. State of Karnataka (rep. by Inspector of Police, Gauribidanur Rural Police Station) — CRL.RP No. 111 of 2019, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 18.12.2025, coram: Ravi V Hosmani, J.; neutral citation NC: 2025:KHC:54164. Dismissal of a criminal revision petition under Ss.397 r/w 401 Cr.P.C. for non-prosecution owing to repeated absence of petitioner's counsel; underlying facts: trial conviction dated 26.12.2011 under Ss.354 and 323 IPC in C.C.No.424/2007 (Principal Civil Judge and JMFC, Gowribidanur, Annexure-B) upheld under S.354 IPC by judgment dated 09.06.2014 in Crl.A.No.4/2012 (I Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Chickballapur, Annexure-A). Acquittal sought but not granted; no issue on merits adjudicated; no precedents engaged; no costs or quantum. Useful for: consequences of non-prosecution of revision petitions; counsel-absent dismissals at admission stage.