{"id":237716,"date":"2009-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-somashekhar-vs-state-by-mandya-on-29-may-2009"},"modified":"2014-03-18T23:51:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T18:21:53","slug":"m-somashekhar-vs-state-by-mandya-on-29-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-somashekhar-vs-state-by-mandya-on-29-may-2009","title":{"rendered":"M Somashekhar vs State By Mandya on 29 May, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
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M Somashekhar vs State By Mandya on 29 May, 2009<\/div>\n
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Karnataka High Court M Somashekhar vs State By Mandya on 29 May, 2009 Author: Subhash B.Adi …..- -….-…-uuu um IV-|l\\l’r|Il~|l\\Ii ruurf LUUKI UF KARNATAKA HIGH ( IN’ THE HIGH cauaw as \u00a5\u00a3P~.RHATA\u00a7{\u00a7., BAHGALQ\u00a7$7._ mwn THIS THE 2\u00a7’PH may as may BEFORE ma :~\u00a3<:z:\u00aba*aLz: HR. JLrs*r3:c;'s;z\u00a7ms'i.rB:\u00abx.\u00a7s:~z \u20acRL.? 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