{"id":247690,"date":"2009-09-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/parasappa-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-3-september-2009"},"modified":"2017-01-12T12:32:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T07:02:26","slug":"parasappa-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-3-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/parasappa-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-3-september-2009","title":{"rendered":"Parasappa vs The State Of Karnataka on 3 September, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Parasappa vs The State Of Karnataka on 3 September, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: Huluvadi G.Ramesh<\/div>\n
\u00a5 .\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF' KARNATAKA\n\nCIRCUIT BENCH AT DHARWAD\n\nDATED THIS THE 3&9 DAY OF SEPPEMBE12, i\u00e90'o\u00e9_'V:-~-I: f  _\n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HONBLE MRJUSTICE Hui,uvADj17\n\nREV: 5:024 \u00ab --\n\nCRIMINAL: PETITION.NO.44.4\/2008;'   \n\nB ETWEEN\n\nPARASAPPA   ._  \u00ab\nS\/O SIDDAPPAKALASAD    ~ _\nAGE 45 YEARS, OCC:A(}'RICU_LTURIS'I\"jV .. \nAUTODRIVEE'  _'  _  -  *\nR\/C) HAGA\u00a7<1.UE:;v1L.L':.GE  " _   \nTALUK BADAMIV...--';'-- " I     \u00bb\nDIST }3AG_AL{_K(;_)T  \u00bb ...PE'i'ITIONER\n\n{BY ZVSRIWP 'N315\u00a7oS:AN1AN\u00abE, AD\\}6CATE)\n\nTEE STATE"'oE:KAR:NATAKA\nBY' ITS AUTHORIS'ED OFFICER AND\n\n. "\u00abSUPERl1\\E'I"EN_DENT 01:2' EXCISE\n ;3'A<}A1,;<0'TS_REP BY SPF\n._ "RISE .CQURT"BU1LD1NG\nA BAN(}_ALC)_F<E--O1_\n\n...RESPONDENT<\/pre>\n
{BY  P H GOTKHINDI, I-ICGP)<\/p>\n
AV<\/p>\n
THES CRLRP. IS FILED U\/S397 85 401 CR.P.C BY__THE<\/p>\n
ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER PRAYING <\/p>\n
‘E-i()N’BLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO <\/p>\n
ORDER DT. 1.0.1.08 PASSED BY THE s.,..1,_’BAo_Ai;Ko?TfV  0″<\/p>\n
f\\5().57\/0’7 AND AUTHORISED oFFicER\/s1U15E_RII\u00a7TDND–P;1\u00a7rrj<\/p>\n
op’ EXCISE, BAGALKOT IN EXE.\/E1B)’DrcR\/Dv’V:i”i;_v\/\u00ab0,g.Qo5–05 <\/p>\n
DATED 30.5.2007′ AND RELEA_siE.,V:frH_D ‘VE\u00abH1:oLE;V\u00a7.\u00a5o0oDs
\nAUTO RICKSHAW eEARIr;:.\u00e9'<IN FAVOUR 019"\n<\/p>\n
\"me PETITEONER.    0   V\n\nThis \"HEARING THIS DAY,\n\nTHE COURT MAD}; \n\n0RDER\n\n. -.-M\n\n \n\n<\/pre>\n
‘}.’?a:.:e’V petitio.\ufb01’e-r\ufb01frgs sought to set aside the order<\/p>\n
 .,V1’3’y,’a_0’the Sessions Judge, Bagalkot in<\/p>\n
V  and also the order of confiscation<\/p>\n
 \u00e9passedk’  authorised officer dated 30.5.2007 in<\/p>\n
 \/Drew 1 17\/2005-2005.\n<\/p>\n
\ufb01r”\n<\/p>\n
\n
3<\/span><\/p>\n
2. it is submitted by the learned counsel for the
\npetitioner that only a presumption has been drawn by the<\/p>\n
amthorised officer without looking into the \u20acVid\u20acI1C(\ufb01’:.'<\u00ab:':l1E\u00a7l<\/p>\n
the seizure witnesses of panchanama have not *<\/p>\n
the seizure of the Vehicle and much_;1es.s_it is niot"epro.\\}'ed:V_by._V V'<\/p>\n
the prosecution that the petitio';r1e1*:._l_li'v\\l'asi"–yery <\/p>\n
imowing fnlly well that he wagitiiagaiiyr loadirig \u00e9iehiirilsetf " A<\/p>\n
transporting the liquor.\n<\/p>\n
3. It is submitpted-l_  properly<\/p>\n
aaiapreciatilnlggl  appeal has erroneously
\npassed arlKorder  confirmed the order of<\/p>\n
the authorised”officer.\n<\/p>\n
 _ Lcontra, learned Government Pieader<\/p>\n
l   stibfriitted  there is no error or illegality committed by<\/p>\n
lii”‘-..\u00ab._e’iVther the teamed Sessions Judge or by the authorised<\/p>\n
‘ \u00ab..{:i’f\u00a7ice;f. 4″ W<\/p>\n
4<\/span><\/p>\n
5. It is seen that the entire case of the petitioner
\nis that without his consent the vehicle has been used for<\/p>\n
carrying liquor. What he submits is that he is notva:p._ar.ty<\/p>\n
lot” illegal transportation of liquor and it is the   .<\/p>\n
\\..\u00bbt.,>\u00a7’1icle who transported liquor and _thi__s was”net%_erikn_ow1aiV <\/p>\n
to the petitioner and there shci’i1ld:’_’_’ih’ave’~. been <\/p>\n
material placed by the prosecution before’  atitho:’ised * ii<\/p>\n
officer to prove the fact ,that the– ip”e–tit’io_neri  aiiparty in
\nsuch illegal transportatioiri\ufb02a”BUtt.ii’\u00bbe\u00a7<ce'pVt seizure of the<\/p>\n
tehicle as has  whefn.._defenice taken is that<\/p>\n
the vehivcle"ii_v   driver without the
\n.i{l'1OWl\u20acdgiiA\u20actt)l~"'{1;1\u20ac"  least to some extent there<\/p>\n
shouldp. have   riiaterial placed in order to prove<\/p>\n
V L'iC'i'1i ille transportation.\n<\/p>\n
i’  _ .Coli_1iirming the very submission of the<\/p>\n
V.4ii_tat:tttionet\u00a7 that he has admitted the fact of transportation<\/p>\n
  Q-\u00a71\u00a3’:.”V”l’fit}”i’::)-l.\/lg forming an opinion on the basis of the cogent<\/p>\n
  .et.;’idence, it has been opined that it is the petitioner, who<\/p>\n
1*’<\/p>\n
5<\/span><\/p>\n
in connivance, dishonestly transported liquor, which is an<\/p>\n
erroneous View taken by the authorised officer.<\/p>\n
7. The same View has been approved<\/p>\n
E\u00e9mssioris Judge in appeal. On such presu.;riptionivr:”an”d–i ‘<\/p>\n
although the presumption is there and” a, it<\/p>\n
presumption is rebutted, some  oi,’1ght._to <\/p>\n
been produced by the proseeu-tifonp be.fur,e’thev_: aiiiithorised it<\/p>\n
officer that the petitionerhas eiarri\u00a7e’dllliqnorillegally in his<\/p>\n
\\.-‘{f’l’1lC1\u20ac3. Mere admission lof.i_t1’a1islportatifGniiof liquor is not<\/p>\n
sizfficientiitoiioon\ufb01seatel the..:Vehic,1iel.”i What is to be noted is,
\n\\.-rriether the peti’tiioriier7s”aotive participation is there and<\/p>\n
with his ..kho\\iXf1eidge. ifther illegal act has been done and on<\/p>\n
 thoseV’groEi’i*3ds,_the i\/ehiicle is liable to be seized.<\/p>\n
‘  ithe} instant case, when the vehicle was<\/p>\n
  saziizeid-,i._ V_v’Lheij’.V’petitioner has taken a defence that it is<\/p>\n
~,.f:,”J”\\$;3″$”,lj1Q1lt his knowledge and it is the driver who has<\/p>\n
\u00b0\u20acij9a-.rispo:rtec1, then, it is for the prosecution as noted above<\/p>\n
W<\/p>\n
6<\/span><\/p>\n
to place some material that there is connivance of the
\npetitioner with knowledge in illegal transportation of<\/p>\n
liquor.\n<\/p>\n
9. In the absence of any sucl1\u00bb.mat.erial <\/p>\n
<:ircumstances, the impugned orders. are iliable, <\/p>\n
quashed. Therefore, the vehicle\u00e9lhseizedh in 'co_n'ne't:–.tiVo1'1 'With V<\/p>\n
_\u00a5:3xcise Case No.EXE\/E)lE3._[DTCR]'–li_};7\/2Q05;2U06e"l)y order
\nc\u00e9ated 30.5.2007 passed as well<\/p>\n
as the appeal in iby the Sessions
\ng E uclge are  iii   l ' \u00bb <\/p>\n
Retj.urn tlie:'veh'ic1e- toiithe petitioner.<\/p>\n
Sd\/-5
\nJUDGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Parasappa vs The State Of Karnataka on 3 September, 2009 Author: Huluvadi G.Ramesh \u00a5 . IN THE HIGH COURT OF’ KARNATAKA CIRCUIT BENCH AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 3&9 DAY OF SEPPEMBE12, i\u00e90’o\u00e9_’V:-~-I: f _ BEFORE THE HONBLE MRJUSTICE Hui,uvADj17 REV: 5:024 \u00ab — CRIMINAL: PETITION.NO.44.4\/2008;’ B ETWEEN PARASAPPA ._ \u00ab S\/O […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nParasappa vs The State Of Karnataka on 3 September, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/parasappa-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-3-september-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parasappa vs The State Of Karnataka on 3 September, 2009 - 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