{"id":163122,"date":"2010-01-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rathna-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-4-january-2010"},"modified":"2017-02-13T00:37:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T19:07:29","slug":"rathna-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-4-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rathna-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-4-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"Rathna vs State Of Karnataka on 4 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rathna vs State Of Karnataka on 4 January, 2010<\/div>\n
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