Badachandraiah Devaraju @ B C Devaraju v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
WP 18915/2025 (GM-RES), Karnataka HC Bengaluru, order dated 07-07-2025 by S.R. Krishna Kumar J. Quashing plea for criminal case C.C. 15728/2014 (III Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru) from Crime No. 0132/2014, Halasurgate Police Station, offences under Sections 406, 417, 418, 419, 420, 120B r/w 34 IPC; petitioner Badachandraiah Devaraju @ B C Devaraju, Accused No. 8. Petition withdrawn after commencement of trial; liberty to urge contentions before Trial Court; Trial Court directed to complete proceedings preferably within six months; exemption from personal appearance granted subject to discretionary recall; filed under Articles 226, 227 Constitution and S. 482 Cr.P.C.; respondents: State of Karnataka (Channappa Erappa, HCGP) and Smt. Kanta Jain.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of as withdrawn; liberty reserved to petitioner to urge all contentions before the Trial Court; Trial Court directed to dispose of the proceedings preferably within six months and to grant the petitioner exemption from personal appearance, subject to the Trial Court's entitlement to require the petitioner's presence as and when necessary.