{"id":62014,"date":"2008-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/b-p-mahanta-prakash-so-alte-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-by-extn-on-11-april-2008"},"modified":"2014-12-20T03:45:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T22:15:25","slug":"b-p-mahanta-prakash-so-alte-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-by-extn-on-11-april-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/b-p-mahanta-prakash-so-alte-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-by-extn-on-11-april-2008","title":{"rendered":"B P Mahanta Prakash S\/O Alte … vs The State Of Karnataka By Extn … on 11 April, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
B P Mahanta Prakash S\/O Alte … vs The State Of Karnataka By Extn … on 11 April, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: Manjula Chellur<\/div>\n
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