{"id":176249,"date":"2008-08-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/basappa-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-27-august-2008"},"modified":"2019-02-09T17:35:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T12:05:21","slug":"basappa-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-27-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/basappa-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-27-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"Basappa vs The State Of Karnataka on 27 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Basappa vs The State Of Karnataka on 27 August, 2008<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: V Jagannathan<\/div>\n<pre>--- . .-- nu': 'ar1|r'1IIul'I I\n\n  '  \n\n....... .,.-gun. vr s\\.nIuIruru\\.H ruun \\..|JUIl ur RAKNAIAKR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA H \n\n \n\n \n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA\n\n   \n\nCIRCUIT' BENCH, GULBARGA  \n\nDated the 27\"' day of August 2008??' '    'V. \n\n   \n\n:BEFoRg;\n\nTHE HC'\u00ab'N'BLE MR.JUSTICE'=--.;  \n\nCRIMINAL APPEiiL\"NQ. 1%'27$,r  \nBETWEEN : F\u00bb i    \n\n1.<\/pre>\n<p> Basappa, j . ,  _<br \/>\nS \/ 0 J ummanna H&#8217;o1_~:1%1t1i;j V &#8211; __<br \/>\nAged about 30;y\u00e9\u00e9t1&#8243;s; Ag1ficultLu1.jis}t,<br \/>\nBijapur i3i$tric:t., Kawadimaiti. Village,<br \/>\nMuddebihal*;&#8217;.Ta].p.1;\u00a7&#8217;     %<\/p>\n<p>2.  &#8211;\u00bb &#8216;V<\/p>\n<p> S \/ 0 &#8216;Bh:;3e3_;a{ppa,  V<br \/>\n&#8216;Aged abo1f1ft,64,  &#8211;&#8216;do-.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. B\u00e9\ufb02appa;   Q}<br \/>\n, &#8212; .. Sf\/0 Badakappa Hagar,<br \/>\n Aged abc)&#8217;ut.,__3_6. years, -do~.<br \/>\n    S.V.Pattanshetti, Advocate. )<\/p>\n<p>. . .Respa1dent<\/p>\n<p>  ( By Smt Anuradha M.Desai, Advocate.)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">2<\/span><br \/>\n&lt;<br \/>\nz<br \/>\nE<br \/>\nE<br \/>\nii.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I-\n<\/p>\n<p>M<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">0<\/span><br \/>\nU<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">:1:<\/span><br \/>\nQ<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">:1:<\/span><br \/>\nE<br \/>\nE<br \/>\nz<br \/>\nE<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">5<\/span><br \/>\nJ.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>E<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><br \/>\nJ<br \/>\n1:\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1:\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">5<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>t<br \/>\n:\n<\/p>\n<p>I<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">5<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><br \/>\nE<br \/>\nI<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">1<\/span><br \/>\nI<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;1\u00bb -1111:\n<\/p>\n<p>whether it was permissible for the trial court to have<\/p>\n<p>tried the two cases separately when the i11cide_nt_Vthat &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p>has given rise to the two cases is one and     _<\/p>\n<p>12. A three judges Bench of <\/p>\n<p>case of State of MP. Vs. fin&#8217; Qioioat&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>SAR (C11) 409, s &#8216;<br \/>\nH.K.Sen1a, dealing  ceunter case<br \/>\nand the necessity  1&#8217; the very same<\/p>\n<p>court, has   &#8216;tiI1d.ei&#8217;:\n<\/p>\n<p>    is undisputed,<br \/>\n  officer submitted<br \/>\n basis of the complaint<\/p>\n<p>A . .. 1od\u00a7ed_:&#8217;by.the&#8221;&#8216;ac&#8217;c:used Mishrilal in respect<br \/>\n  the shame-~-iticident. It would have been<br \/>\nV  and proper to decide both the<br \/>\nit  by the same court in View<br \/>\n&#8216;of  guidelines devised by this court in<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; ,V&#8217;I~iut11j1a1&#8217;s case (supra). The cross&#8211;cases<br \/>\nshould be tried together by the same<br \/>\ncourt irrespective of the nature of the<br \/>\noffence involved. The rational behind this<\/p>\n<p>is to avoid the conflicting judgments over<\/p>\n<p>the same incident because if cross cases<\/p>\n<p>2*\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>5\\lHf\\&#8217;\\ Lu.-an I..n.u..rn|_:nu&#8230;u&#8230; ._. .-.\n<\/p>\n<p>7.&#8221;&#8217;-&#8216;r-&#8221;\ufb02&#8217;\/O&#8221; 4&#8217; &#8220;nm&#8217;mn&#8221;H &#8220;N&#8221; &#8220;&#8216;-&#8220;-&#8220;&#8216;&#8221; Ur NHIUVHIHRH ruun LUUKI Ur IILAKNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HI<\/p>\n<p>are allowed to be tried by two courts<\/p>\n<p>separately, there is likelihood of  T<br \/>\nconflicting judgments. In the<br \/>\ncase, the investigating officer<br \/>\nthe challan against both thegVpa1&#8243;ties&#8217;.&#8217;~Eoth&#8221;i~::: to _<\/p>\n<p>the complaints cannot  he    it<br \/>\nEither of them must _be   at it <\/p>\n<p>situation, legal      <\/p>\n<p>investigating officer  endegssour<br \/>\nto \ufb01nd out   outthe<br \/>\ntruth from the  Hiifortunately,<br \/>\nthe  has med to<br \/>\n   V in<\/p>\n<p>grave.  j  5&#8242;<br \/>\nIn the &#8220;the&#8221; Apex Court also<\/p>\n<p>referred to its &#8220;&#8216;eau1_r1j.c14&#8217;V&#8217;dc&#8217;%\u00a7&#8217;c:;i:_sioi\u00a7&#8217;1;e&#8217; in the case of Nathilal<\/p>\n<p> gstae\ufb01pf tJ..I=\u00a7 (i&#8221;99~oiV1(supp.) sec 145, and quoted<\/p>\n<p>the._0hS&#8217;\u20acITvations\u00ab.Iiiade therein, which are as under:\n<\/p>\n<p>_   the fair procedure to adopt<br \/>\n in a  like the present where there<br \/>\n T \u00abcross cases, is to direct that the same<br \/>\n  uiesrned judge must try both the cross<br \/>\n one after the other. After the<br \/>\nrecording of evidence in one case is<\/p>\n<p>completed, he must hear the arguments<\/p>\n<p>%<\/p>\n<p>\\lI&#8221;|I&#8217;\\&#8221;\\ I l\u00a3&#8217;\\Il x ..nnL.ru_:u II)&#8217;: .-.t<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">14<\/span><\/p>\n<p>17. For the aferczsaid E&#8217;\u20ac8.SOI1S, &#8216;th\ufb01 appeal is aiiawed<\/p>\n<p>and the jucign\u00e9nt sf the trial cauri: c0nvict\u00a7z1;g~..4_fh,_e<br \/>\nyregent appe\ufb01ants and sante\ufb01cing them is:  _<br \/>\nThe appe\ufb01ants am acquitted of Viglgez offe1&#8217;1ict-&#8220;:&#8217;s:ib3\u00a7 \u00a7%hic11.I &#8221; &#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>thay wars convicted by &#8216;me  c:;)ut;\u00a5:\n<\/p>\n<p>bonds shall stand discharg$_&lt;:&#039;d,&#039;.\n<\/p>\n<p>%W:?:3E   mm QWWMW Human me-&#8230;M NN64<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Basappa vs The State Of Karnataka on 27 August, 2008 Author: V Jagannathan &#8212; . .&#8211; nu&#8217;: &#8216;ar1|r&#8217;1IIul&#8217;I I &#8216; &#8230;&#8230;. .,.-gun. vr s\\.nIuIruru\\.H ruun \\..|JUIl ur RAKNAIAKR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA H IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA CIRCUIT&#8217; BENCH, GULBARGA Dated the 27&#8243;&#8216; day of August [&hellip;]<\/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-176249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Basappa vs The State Of Karnataka on 27 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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