Raghavendra @ Raghu v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Externment order; externment from Sagar Sub-Division to Ballari District for one year; Assistant Commissioner and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Sagar Sub-Division; Mag. (Gadiparu) Viva 497/2021-22; criminal revision petition under Section 397 read with Section 401 Cr.P.C.; revision dismissed as infructuous; impugned order spent; interim order of stay; externment period lapsed during pendency; Karnataka High Court 2025; NC: 2025:KHC:39891; petitioner Raghavendra @ Raghu S/o Shivappa (named as Raghavendra Dabha S/o Shivappa in the order); respondent State of Karnataka by PSI, Hosanagara Town Police Station; advocates Nagaraj M. Bhat, R.B. Deshpande, Diwakar Maddur (HCGP).
What did the court decide?
With an interim order of stay operating during the pendency of the petition, the impugned externment order having been spent (its one-year period of 03.03.2023 to 03.03.2024 having lapsed), the revision petition had become infructuous.