{"id":21335,"date":"2010-01-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-l-kotresh-so-laksamana-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-20-january-2010"},"modified":"2017-06-10T09:20:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T03:50:47","slug":"r-l-kotresh-so-laksamana-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-20-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-l-kotresh-so-laksamana-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-20-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"R.L.Kotresh S\/O Laksamana vs State Of Karnataka on 20 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
R.L.Kotresh S\/O Laksamana vs State Of Karnataka on 20 January, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: Arali Nagaraj<\/div>\n
INWH\ufb023HKH{COURT(H7KARNATAKA(HRCUFTBENCH\nATDHARWAD X7\n\nDATED THIS THE 20\"' DAY OF JANuARY_26-i'Qg'..'.j  \n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HON-*ELE MR. JUSTICE A:RAI_,.4IiA.N2&GiA.RAij\u00bb.':.4,t,_iJi...A;v T\n\nCRL.P. NO. 7asfaI201i0  p '    \nBETWEEN:\n\nR.L.Kotresh S\/0. Laksamana \" _ _ 2  1', =\nAge: 37 years, Occ:_Au.__to  \"\nR\/0. Hosahalii.      it  \n\n  V     ...Petiti0ner.\n(By Sri.Hemant R. 'Chganda'r1\u00abg6'i.1d.air'; Advocate.)\n\nAND:\n\nState of Karnat.a1i<a,\nRepresented by SPF', _  _\nHigh C0ur\u00a7cbE.Karn"at.aka,\nCircuit Bieirich-E, D.harWa'd'\u00a7"""i\n ,  _   ...Respondent.\n(By sir; _P;isi,agt:stt1ans1i, HCGP.)\n\ng Thisiiiich-iimiihial Petition is filed U\/S.482 Cr.P.C. by the\n\n"'ad.y'0e'ateg fortiie petitioner praying that this Hon'ble Court\n Qmagyfbe pleased to set aside the order dated 7\/11\/2009 in\n"~[}_VCr1i;A.N_o';173\/2008 passed by the Pr1.District & Sessions\n\n' .-I'fu.d"ge, Beiiary and restore the appeal.\n\n<.s__'sZ""""""~"*x,,,.\n\n\n\nThis petition coming on for orders this day, the Court\nmade the following: ' '\nORDER\n<\/pre>\n
The learned High Court Government.”i\u00e9leadegriiiH V’<\/p>\n
directed to take notice on behalf of the  <\/p>\n
2) The present Criminalg?’e_.titio’n.is  <\/p>\n
of Cr.P.C. by the appellantiiili\ufb02ivn,_ Cri’1n.inal ‘Appeal<\/p>\n
No.l73\/2008, aggrieved  the 2.:Qr.deif’vvv.;idarted 7\/11\/2009<\/p>\n
passed in the said appeal :ij’y”‘th’eilera.r_neid  District and<\/p>\n
Sessions Juvdgeti’\u00a75e.vlla.r\u00a7\u00a7ii,  the said appeal for<\/p>\n
default.\n<\/p>\n
3) _T_houigh V_thisi”Cri.rnli”i1al Petition is listed today for<\/p>\n
orders on rn\ufb01rntairnabiliitijflof the petition, having regard to<\/p>\n
 the iriatuifefioif\ufb01theligt’-.i-impugned order, it is taken for final<\/p>\n
 disposal i””and_’Ha~rguments of the learned counsel for the<\/p>\n
_i_p’eti’t.ioner\u00a7aeC’used and the learned High Court Government<\/p>\n
i.”iW.PleaderV are heard on merits. Perused the impugned order.<\/p>\n
:””””\/”””‘”‘\\,___,.,—.-..\n<\/p>\n
\u00a2__,,,,…3.\n<\/p>\n
L\u00bb)<\/p>\n
4) The Criminal Appeal No.1″\/3\/2008, w’hich.~-came<\/p>\n
to be dismissed for default, was filed by the<\/p>\n
accused challenging the Judgment and <\/p>\n
17\/11\/2008 passed in c.c.No.945\/2c-fos by the iieaineactiyyit<\/p>\n
Judge (}r.Dn.) and JMFC, _i\u00a7uda’iafg ia,
\nconvicting him for the offencei\u00a7’:p’unishable_ill”\/iiSiecs.279,
\n337, 338 and 304-A of dismissed
\nthe said appeal foradefauilt”aisifthiespptlsepairiiiepdi{counsel for the
\nappellant~accus.e.dl–iyy’a’isi::  and there was<\/p>\n
none to represent’.t_l9ied’:-i2::p.pe.l:la_nt.ii\n<\/p>\n
5) the .Vsetjtl_ed~..:p’rinciple as laid down by the
\nHon’ble Supprernie..,iCourti”ini the case of Bani Singh and<\/p>\n
   reported in AIR 1996 Supreme<\/p>\n
 Coui’tl_ appeal filed by the accused in<\/p>\n
ii’.:–yyVCommitt’al  aggrieved by the Judgment and Order of<\/p>\n
4: _hisiivpeoraivieictioin cannot be dismissed for non prosecution, but<\/p>\n
 .f,i.’asii’toiibe disposed of on merits after hearing the advocate<\/p>\n
 appellant. It is further laid down by the P\u00a5on’ble<\/p>\n
,…..(‘”””””*–‘-“‘<\/p>\n
Supreme Court in the said case that, if the counsel<\/p>\n
representing the appellant-\u00bbacc-used remains abserinifiiyi’-thee<\/p>\n
Appellate court shall have to appoint a lawyer  tlie <\/p>\n
expense to assist it and then dispo’sie”‘o\u00abf_ they <\/p>\n
merits. In the instant case the Appel’late\u00ab._Court;sdi’si’nis4s’evd’p<\/p>\n
the appeal for default on the  t”‘h.at”theiizileiarned
\ncounsel representing  remained
\nabsent.    i it  A<\/p>\n
6) For   Criminal
\nPetition is    7\/1 M2009
\npassed in Criii’min.ali  by the learned Pri.
\nDistrict and \ufb01eisisioilps..J’-udigieigii\u00e9ellary, is hereby set aside.<\/p>\n
The.ApVpe”lliatie*Couprt is directed to restore the said appeal to<\/p>\n
 its origiin_a.lii  hear the arguments of the iearned<\/p>\n
i”Vi.ieioiunsel for the appellant and then dispose of the appeal on<\/p>\n
 iil;f_the”‘ learned counsel appearing for the appellant<\/p>\n
 the Appellate Court shall appoint a lawyer<\/p>\n
r <\/p>\n
at the State expense and then dispose of the appeal on<\/p>\n
merits in accordahce with law.\n<\/p>\n
Pending disposal of the appeal, the  <\/p>\n
imprisonment imposed on the appeli’anit”‘by\u00a2_ t\u00abhe.;'”I7ii1fie.l <\/p>\n
shall be suspended subject to the ap’pel’l.ant~ac.’t:lis’edis.h’alli’=,<\/p>\n
furnish to the satisfaction of the  CoLii*t_aV’self.ii’oEond for
\nRs.30,000\/~ along with one_.”‘:g.ure:.’_{iy i.1fi’:oi’ri\u00ab._t_hi\u00a7’uli_ke  with an
\nundertaking that he shall appiecarlheifoiiei.ithe_*”l’rial Court or<\/p>\n
the Appellate CVd.urt;c’i’i.fo1′.,i”rec.eiVi_ng–dsentence if the said<\/p>\n
appeal is dismissedim”aI1d:1vf,pvthiefjfiiidgiinentiuland Order of<\/p>\n
conviction is confirnied;\n<\/p>\n
A copy o1\u00b0v..thilsi’*orde1i”s–ha_ll___be sent forthwith to the<\/p>\n
A ellatei’CVourt’*for-i,nfo’1\u00b0m’at.ion and com liance.<\/p>\n
Sd\/-I
\nJUDGE<\/p>\n
Mme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court R.L.Kotresh S\/O Laksamana vs State Of Karnataka on 20 January, 2010 Author: Arali Nagaraj INWH\ufb023HKH{COURT(H7KARNATAKA(HRCUFTBENCH ATDHARWAD X7 DATED THIS THE 20″‘ DAY OF JANuARY_26-i’Qg’..’.j BEFORE THE HON-*ELE MR. JUSTICE A:RAI_,.4IiA.N2&GiA.RAij\u00bb.’:.4,t,_iJi…A;v T CRL.P. NO. 7asfaI201i0 p ‘ BETWEEN: R.L.Kotresh S\/0. Laksamana ” _ _ 2 1’, = Age: 37 years, Occ:_Au.__to ” R\/0. 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