Dasappa v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court (Bengaluru); CRL.RP No. 514 of 2023 (NC: 2025:KHC:45789); Justice Ravi V Hosmani; decided 11 November 2025. Petitioner: Dasappa s/o Late Venkataramanappa (adv. Sri. Mohamed Ummar Farooq). Respondents: State of Karnataka by SHO, Jayanagar Police Station, Tumakuru District, and Sub Inspector of Police, Jayanagara Police Station (HCGP Smt. N. Anitha Girish). Challenge under S. 397 r/w 401 CrPC to Assistant Commissioner's externment order dated 28.03.2023 in MAG No.45/2022 (six-month externment); dismissed as infructuous on expiry of externment term. Keywords: externment, infructuous, revision petition, 397/401 CrPC, 438 BNSS, MAG No.45/2022, Tumakuru.
What did the court decide?
The Court held that, as the six-month externment period under the impugned order dated 28.03.2023 had expired during the pendency of the revision petition, the revision petition was dismissed as having become infructuous.