{"id":210505,"date":"2009-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-madhu-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-14-december-2009"},"modified":"2018-01-26T11:10:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T05:40:26","slug":"sri-madhu-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-14-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-madhu-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-14-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sri Madhu vs The State Of Karnataka on 14 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sri Madhu vs The State Of Karnataka on 14 December, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: A.S.Bopanna<\/div>\n<pre>IN THEE IMIIG-H CC)URT OF KARNATAKA AT BAE\\?(.}AI.OI-{E\n{}A'\u00a3'EI\") THIS TIN? 14\"\" DAY OF' DEC El\\\/if-SEER \n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE 1-\u00bbI0N'I31_,E MR. 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