{"id":158020,"date":"2008-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-k-raju-vs-state-by-chikjala-police-on-21-august-2008"},"modified":"2015-05-01T00:16:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T18:46:36","slug":"k-k-raju-vs-state-by-chikjala-police-on-21-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-k-raju-vs-state-by-chikjala-police-on-21-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"K K Raju vs State By Chikjala Police on 21 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
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K K Raju vs State By Chikjala Police on 21 August, 2008<\/div>\n
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