Murthy v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
CRL.RP No. 475 of 2023 (NC: 2025:KHC:39894), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, Ravi V Hosmani J., decided 09.10.2025. Criminal revision under Ss.397/401 Cr.P.C. by Murthy s/o Dasbhovi challenging externment order dated 27.03.2023 of Assistant Commissioner/Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Hunsur, in M.A.G.No.01/2022-2023, externing him from Piriyapattana Taluk, Mysuru District to Yadagiri District for two months (27.03.2023-28.05.2023). Interim stay granted; externment period lapsed during pendency; petition dismissed as infructuous; no merits adjudication; R2 deleted vide order dated 19.04.2023; no cases cited; no costs or amounts.
What did the court decide?
Revision Petition dismissed as having become infructuous, since the impugned externment order had been spent — its two-month operative period (27.03.2023 to 28.05.2023) lapsed during pendency of the petition while an interim stay operated; no adjudication on the merits of the externment order.