{"id":141869,"date":"2009-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-c-suma-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-8-december-2009"},"modified":"2014-03-28T10:24:05","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T04:54:05","slug":"m-c-suma-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-8-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-c-suma-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-8-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"M C Suma vs State Of Karnataka on 8 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
M C Suma vs State Of Karnataka on 8 December, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: Ajit J Gunjal<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF' KARNATAKA AT \n\nDATED THIS THE 8%-h DAY OF DECEMBER {\u00e9\u00a3jQ\u00a7.i'e;---   -\n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HONBLE MR. JUSTICEVEAJEF .:'.GUN{iA:; <\/pre>\n
WRIT PETITION NO.3’5?*63\/\u00a70C9[GMA–\u00a3\u00a7es), 5<\/p>\n
BE} WEEN:\n<\/p>\n
M.C.Surna, _.  ,<\/p>\n
Advocate, V   V
\nW\/o.K.P.Suresh.'{{‘u.ma1j, 9’ _   ;<\/p>\n
Aged 41 years;  V .\n<\/p>\n
R\/0.T.B.Ro8;ti}       A
\nNarasimharajapurfja, .  ‘ <\/p>\n
 .,      . ..PETITIONER<\/p>\n
(B3;’S\ufb01.-\u00a3i.S’hv;i:g;if;i};ii1=eif1\u00bb\u00abShetty, Adv.)<\/p>\n
AND; \u00bb _<\/p>\n
 1″. .SfafeE”A5fKarnata1;f\u00a7.’.<\/p>\n
 ‘ ,Rep. ‘by*Ase.3istant Secretary
\n ‘T0 G0veJ;nm’en’t,
\n‘Inf.ema]’A’dministratio11,
\n[Law  Order, COFEPOSA \u00abSt
\nProseztution), Vidhana Soudha,<\/p>\n
  ..Bangaiere — 560 001.<\/p>\n
 Director of Prosecution<\/p>\n
:3: Government. Lit.iga.ti0r1,<\/p>\n
-“Rep. by Direeior 81 Joint Director
\nOf Prosecution (Administration),
\n81-” F1001″, Cauvery Bhavan,<\/p>\n
KHB Compiex, K.G.Road,
\nBangalore –w 560 009. …RESPONDEN’1’S<\/p>\n
(By Sri.N.B.Vishwanath, AGA)<\/p>\n
This writ petition is filed under Articles
\n227 of the Constittltion of India with 3. prayer””i’;o
\nthe order dated 22.10.2009 passed by    <\/p>\n
Annexure ‘A’.\n<\/p>\n
This writ petition coming  <\/p>\n
hearing, this day, the Court made the’.fol”1owing:
\nORDER*v\u00ab.”::\n<\/p>\n
Learned counsel ap}_:z>E-ari’ngd\u00e9tehiehijetitioner files a<\/p>\n
memo for withdrawal of the-Wirit  2′ <\/p>\n
2. :\u00a51_\\\/Ie.movvVit-w.t\u00e91kje’1i,_.d’on’ record. Petition stands
\ndismissed  u!ithdfdwnf’_.\u00bbs.<\/p>\n
Sd\/.2
\nJUDGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court M C Suma vs State Of Karnataka on 8 December, 2009 Author: Ajit J Gunjal IN THE HIGH COURT OF’ KARNATAKA AT DATED THIS THE 8%-h DAY OF DECEMBER {\u00e9\u00a3jQ\u00a7.i’e;— – BEFORE THE HONBLE MR. JUSTICEVEAJEF .:’.GUN{iA:; WRIT PETITION NO.3’5?*63\/\u00a70C9[GMA–\u00a3\u00a7es), 5 BE} WEEN: M.C.Surna, _. , Advocate, V V W\/o.K.P.Suresh.'{{‘u.ma1j, 9’ _ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nM C Suma vs State Of Karnataka on 8 December, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-c-suma-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-8-december-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"M C Suma vs State Of Karnataka on 8 December, 2009 - 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