Mohammed Yousuff v. State of Karnataka

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Quashing of split-up charge sheet proceedings against absconding/untraced accused after co-accused acquitted on identical charges and evidence; benefit of co-accused's acquittal enures to accused who escaped trial; futility of further trial, waste of judicial time; hostile mahazar witnesses; failure of victim identification and Test Identification Parade; rejection of Section 114 Evidence Act Illustration (a) presumption for want of Section 34 IPC charge. Offences under Sections 395, 412, 120-B IPC (dacoity/robbery of lorry TN-52/6154 carrying copper plates); Crime No.12/2013, Bidadi Police Station; C.C.No.52/2014 and split-up C.C.No.113/2022, Principal Senior Civil Judge & JMFC Ramanagara; acquittals in S.C.Nos.134/2022 and 79/2014 dated 06.06.2023. Petition under Articles 226/227 Constitution r/w Section 482 Cr.P.C.; High Court of Karnataka; Justice M. Nagaprasanna; relies on Crl.P.No.7720/2022 (02.09.2022) and Crl.P.4796/2017, citing CBI vs. Akhilesh Singh (AIR 2005 SCC 268), Mohammed Ilias vs. State of Karnataka ((2001) 3 Kant LJ 551), State of Karnataka vs. K.C. Narasegowda (ILR 2005 Kar. 1822), Deepak Rajak vs. State of West Bengal ((2007) 15 SCC 305); Sessions Court quote cites Balraje @ Trimbak ((2010) 6 SCC 673), Anant Prakash Sinha ((2016) 6 SCC 105), Bharamappa Gogi (AIR 2016 SC 796), Ram Ratan ((2021) SCC OnLine SC 1279).