{"id":19160,"date":"2010-02-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/h-m-nagappa-so-lt-h-mariyappa-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-15-february-2010"},"modified":"2019-03-17T07:52:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T02:22:38","slug":"h-m-nagappa-so-lt-h-mariyappa-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-15-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/h-m-nagappa-so-lt-h-mariyappa-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-15-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"H M Nagappa S\/O Lt H Mariyappa vs State Of Karnataka on 15 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
H M Nagappa S\/O Lt H Mariyappa vs State Of Karnataka on 15 February, 2010<\/div>\n
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