{"id":53174,"date":"2008-04-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gopalakrishna-murthy-g-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-17-april-2008"},"modified":"2015-10-11T22:44:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T17:14:46","slug":"gopalakrishna-murthy-g-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-17-april-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gopalakrishna-murthy-g-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-17-april-2008","title":{"rendered":"Gopalakrishna Murthy G vs The State Of Karnataka on 17 April, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Gopalakrishna Murthy G vs The State Of Karnataka on 17 April, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: H N Das<\/div>\n
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Karnataka High Court Gopalakrishna Murthy G vs The State Of Karnataka on 17 April, 2008 Author: H N Das IN THE EEGH CCBURT C3? Ka%%PLT\ufb02KA AT’ BANGMJEDRE mama THIS ‘TI-E E?” EBAY $1? APRI3′, 201}-B BEFORE “rm Hmwam. 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