State by Directorate of Enforcement v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Directorate of Enforcement; ED; Prevention of Money Laundering Act Section 44(1)(c); committal of scheduled offence case; Spl.C.No.302/2016 Principal District and Special Judge Mysuru; Spl.C.No.303/2018 Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge Bengaluru; Cr.P.C. Sections 397/401 criminal revision; order dated 21.12.2019 rejecting application; disposal of Spl.C.No.302/2016 on 03.03.2022; dismissed as infructuous; High Court of Karnataka; Justice S Vishwajith Shetty; decided 27.01.2026; NC 2026:KHC:4352. Outcome-only ruling: petition dismissed as infructuous without deciding the committal issue; useful only to trace that the underlying Spl.C.No.302/2016 concluded on 03.03.2022. No precedent engaged, no quantum involved. Serving status: R2–R29 mostly served; R18, R22, R29 in Central Prison, Belum.
What did the court decide?
As Spl.C.No.302/2016 has been disposed of (on 03.03.2022), this Criminal Revision Petition does not survive for consideration; the court recorded counsel's submission to that effect and dismissed the petition as infructuous.