Lalith Kumar v. the State by
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing petition; Section 482 Cr.P.C.; COTPA Act 2003 Sections 4 and 21; cigarettes and other tobacco products; C.C.No.32869/2018; Crime No.23/2018 dated 25.01.2018; Tilaknagara Police Station Bengaluru; II ACMM Bengaluru City; trial court proceedings dropped during pendency; petition dismissed as infructuous; Lalith Kumar; Rajan Kumar Singh; State Public Prosecutor; HCGP Javeed S; Karnataka High Court; Ravi V Hosmani; 9 July 2026.
What did the court decide?
Taking on record the learned High Court Government Pleader's Memo recording that the proceedings before the trial Court had been dropped during the pendency of the petition, the Court dismissed the petition as having become infructuous; no quashing order was made on merits. ¶29