Govindswamy v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; CRL.P No. 4664 of 2024; decided 22.04.2026; Justice M. Nagaprasanna; petitioner Govindswamy; respondent State of Karnataka by High Grounds P.S.; petition under S. 482 Cr.P.C.; challenge to order dated 16.05.2024 of I Addl. CMM Bangalore in C.C.No.33961/2022 (Cr.No.113/2022); offences under Sections 379, 411 IPC and Sections 86, 87 Karnataka Forest Act; judicial custody; memo filed; petition disposed as withdrawn / not pressed; advocates Rakshith R. (petitioner) and Anoop Kumar, HCGP (respondent); no cases cited; no holdings; suitable only as evidence of withdrawal, not for legal citation.
What did the court decide?
Learned counsel for the petitioner filed a memo seeking withdrawal of the Criminal Petition 'as not pressed'; in terms of the memo the petition was disposed as withdrawn. No substantive relief (setting aside the order / release from custody) was granted.