{"id":259054,"date":"2008-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-karnataka-vs-mahboob-ali-on-20-june-2008"},"modified":"2014-03-21T23:36:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T18:06:35","slug":"the-state-of-karnataka-vs-mahboob-ali-on-20-june-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-karnataka-vs-mahboob-ali-on-20-june-2008","title":{"rendered":"The State Of Karnataka vs Mahboob Ali on 20 June, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
The State Of Karnataka vs Mahboob Ali on 20 June, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: V.G.Sabhahit & Nagaraj<\/div>\n

.\n<\/p>\n

T ‘ ‘ ” ‘ ” — __ V ‘Mu;;’J.dg@d'” Taluk.
\n{ ;\n<\/p>\n

Sjfo. Rajasab Majiigeri,
\n‘ Agaci about 24 yejrars,<\/p>\n

VA ‘ ” Mundgod Taiuk.\n<\/p>\n

m THE HIGH cotmr or KAR1~tA*rA1’fA %
\nThmugh that Po\ufb01taiih\ufb01isps\ufb01tur, ‘
\nMund god P91iceVSi:aVt\u00a7,0I1._A_ ” ~ \u00ab. ~~” . . .Appclia:a1:.\n<\/p>\n

(\ufb02y \u00a7\u00a711a:1d..f\u00a3a\u00a7al\u00a7jinath, HCGA)<\/p>\n

S’\/o;*–.bhik:;};u$:ab Anaialagi,
\nV Age:.__:29 _\u00a7;eaV1f’ss_,
\nQ R\/0. F;i1i\u00e9:.OI1i,<\/p>\n

fflfo. Kilie om,<\/p>\n

. ” 3″e\u00a7.*\u00a5:i11,guisheti’At’ire by pouring Water on her<\/p>\n

VT ” Thereafter her father\u00bb-i11~iaw Bhikshusab<\/p>\n

an<\/p>\n

poured on her person frem the roof
\nhouse and therefzim she got awakened
\nthe light of the torch, she samftthat
\nthe reef ef the house were V’
\nRajasab Majjigeri (Accuee(i%’}.whe t
\nin the eaine street.xt>~;g\u00a7 Vffeiit a
\nCan. 011 seeing then
\nMahboob % Majjigeri
\n the match stick
\n the result her
\n Her children, who
\nwere: ttteke up on hearing her cry
\n V’;I5ieereafter when she ‘came out of the<\/p>\n

%rm,se teas the said. Mahboeb Ali and Maliik
\n . Vl\ufb01ajtatseb Majjigeri coming down from the roof of<\/p>\n

‘the mouse and runnixlg towards their house.\n<\/p>\n

Andaiag’ and one Mehainmed Ghouse amd<\/p>\n

w~<\/p>\n

12<\/span><\/p>\n

she has not stated in her evidence that she 7T .c <\/p>\n

that it was accused N03,} and 2 :’i)s}f1c” :1-eta <\/p>\n

mother on \ufb01re by pouring kerosene <\/p>\n

piece of cieth on her persen.\n<\/p>\n

11. The prosecution \ufb01es rel\ufb01aiice on orai
\nevidence of P.W.12, Taluka
\ni\ufb01xecu\ufb01ve Magistre-._j;e’,\u00e9 declaration of
\nthe deceased as accepted {he ease of
\nthe prosecu%.%ic1;z’V’as witness that the deceased
\nwas consciou;;’g;;id, so as to enabie herseif
\nto give the that he recorded the same<\/p>\n

as’ep\u00a7er ifecntents cannot be heid to be true and<\/p>\n

correct. the \ufb02npugimed judgnent it ccuid be
\n tfzaethe Sessions Judge has rightly observed<\/p>\n

‘ ehafz deceased could not have seen the accused
\n the reef’ when the night was quite dark and as<\/p>\n

‘ Vsaci\u00a7 ”ti’1eee was no \ufb01ght outside the house of the deceased<\/p>\n

above the roof so as to enafmie her to identify the<\/p>\n

accused as the persons who did the said act. i<'urther, as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Karnataka High Court The State Of Karnataka vs Mahboob Ali on 20 June, 2008 Author: V.G.Sabhahit & Nagaraj . T ‘ ‘ ” ‘ ” — __ V ‘Mu;;’J.dg@d’” Taluk. { ; Sjfo. Rajasab Majiigeri, ‘ Agaci about 24 yejrars, VA ‘ ” Mundgod Taiuk. m THE HIGH cotmr or KAR1~tA*rA1’fA % Thmugh that Po\ufb01taiih\ufb01isps\ufb01tur, […]<\/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-259054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nThe State Of Karnataka vs Mahboob Ali on 20 June, 2008 - 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\/the-state-of-karnataka-vs-mahboob-ali-on-20-june-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The State Of Karnataka vs Mahboob Ali on 20 June, 2008 - 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