State of Karnataka v. Abdul Gafoor
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; CRL.RP No. 1255 of 2024 (NC: 2025:KHC:48120), oral order dated 20-11-2025 by Justice Ravi V Hosmani. State of Karnataka (Bengaluru Metropolitan Task Force, PS CID) revision under Ss. 397/401 Cr.P.C. against order dated 20/12/2023 in Spl.C.C. No. 117/2021 (Special Judge, PC Act, Bengaluru) concerning accused BBMP engineers/officials (Abdul Gafoor, R. Chandru, B.T. Ramesh, M. Thyagaraj, M. Basavaraju, D.A. Anwar Pasha). Disposed of in terms of order dated 22.03.2025 in Crl.RP No. 975/2024 (followed), which had remanded matters to the trial court for consideration of the State's sanction order and continuation of proceedings against the accused. Keywords: sanction order; Prevention of Corruption Act; criminal revision; disposal in terms of earlier order.
What did the court decide?
Revision petition disposed of in terms of the order dated 22.03.2025 passed in Crl.RP No. 975/2024, i.e., on the terms remanding the matter to the Trial Court for consideration of the sanction order given by the State and continuance of proceedings against the accused.