{"id":201869,"date":"2008-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/h-m-somaiah-so-late-muthappa-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-17-september-2008"},"modified":"2018-06-10T07:00:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T01:30:49","slug":"h-m-somaiah-so-late-muthappa-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-17-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/h-m-somaiah-so-late-muthappa-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-17-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"H M Somaiah S\/O Late Muthappa vs State Of Karnataka on 17 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
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H M Somaiah S\/O Late Muthappa vs State Of Karnataka on 17 September, 2008<\/div>\n
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