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Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Soma S\/O Annayappa vs The State Of Karnataka on 23 October, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: Ashok B.Hinchigeri<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH cauar or-' KARNATAKA AT BuANG!'\u00a7{_:0F;E'V'.   ~\n\nDATED THIS THE 23*\" DAY or QcT::a\u00abER'.;\"\u00a7. t::3~:\u00e9i;% \"    \n\nBEFORE V   %\nTHE HQMBLE MR. JUSTICE AS BQK \"E-iV:I_N\u00ab\u20acZ\u00a7f\u00a7i*\u00e9E:!\u00a7v1$\"\" \ncm... PE'fITIG!53.NoE3V33\u00e9':\"'\u00a7F\"Z9Q\u00a7'   \nBETWEEN   _   , \n\n1 SQMA   *\n5.\/0 ANNAYAPPA     \nAGED ABOUT zzav\ufb01aas . 2\nRIAT mzo, \u00a32\": catsss,  \nKADA\u00a5_ISANAHALLi:\"A;.   '\nBANGALGRE 1  %\n\n2 MAN._1L3NATH.A A _   \n5\/0 ANNAYAPPA %   \nAGED ABOUT._425.YEARS'A.   . \nmm r4n.2o, 2-\ufb02\ufb01cnass,  N\n\n KADAEJsAa;AHALLL\u00a7  \n' '  A  ..... \n\n3  %sAMPA_m31_ 'A .,   \n'3..'G~!\u00a7N!\\EAYA,P?AV'vV\"\"\nAGEDRBOUT. '3$=' YEARS\nR1A\"mo.ae, .v2.'~*\"\u00b0 CR0-:55,\n\n\" !(ADALI.SANAHALLI\n\n  VBANGALGRE\n\n  \n\nM  534:: 'PUTTAPFA\n\nV   AGED ABOUT ZOYEARS\n\nu \" 'WAT No.15, 3% moss\n= KADLISICHANAHALLI\n\nA \" BAMQALQRE\n\nS VICKY @ 'JIKRAM\ngm SRINBIASA MURTHY'\n\n\n\n _ \u00e9 5AuQA_L<:RE\n\nAGED ABOUT 20 YEARS\nR\/AT 1~sa.1o, 15* moss\nKADUEECHANAHALLI\nBANGALORE\n\nLOKESH\n\nS,\/O VEN KATRAMAPPA\nAGED ABOUT 28 YEARS\nR\/"AT No.8, 2*" CROSS\nKADUBICHANAHALLI\nBANGALGRE\n\nM RAMACHANDRAPPA\n\nS\/0 KRISHNAFPA\nAGED ABOUT 22 '(EARS\n\nR\/AT No.91, 1" caoss\nKADUBICHANAHALLE   \nBANGALORE   %\n\nMANIA \n\n5\/0 NARAYAMPPA'   \nAGED AB01.3T2'.2 YEARS % \nR\/AT No.89, L1?' cR0ss*._  V \n\nKADUBICH ENAEALLI\u00bb \n\n  \n 3:9 TvEN:<;a;TAs*.a1A:aY\n\nAC5 ED ABDIIE _ 21. fx'EARS\nRJAT N03, .2"? (LROSS\nKABU-BICHAi'*MiHALU\n\n' A _5AN<_;A:..oR\u00a75\n\n' 1 . . _ THE STATE OF KARNATAKA\n  .._B\u00a5.IB3SPECTOR OF POLICE\n H,A,L. POLICE STATIGN\nEANGALORE\n\n(BY SR1 HONNAPPA, HCGP)\n\nLL ~  ' gavksaz :< SHASHIBQRAN Sf-1ETTY,A\u00a3)V\n\n PETITIQNERS\n\nOCATE)\n\n RESPGNDEKT\n\n\n\n3\n\nTHIS CRLP ES FILED U\/5.439 CRRPEC BY THE ADVOCATE\n\nTHE PETIFIONER mmme THAT THIS H{)!\\2'8LE COi}RT~\u00ab~~--'5'7i!"='!"*-F.5EV"..\nPLEASED TO ENLARGE me PETITIONER on BAIL m C.C.NG.22'6%'3f;'98~'v... .\non THE FILE OF THE xm ADDL, cm, COUR1.}_"!5\u00a7A\\';3HALL;._\u00a2' \nBANGALORE 1:4 cR.:~:o.15s;aa 0? HAL P.S.mBANGAi_URE._'FOR. \u00a5'HE_  \n\nOFFENCE Pm\/s. 302, 143, 145, 146, 147, 143 R,\/W\u00ab1 49_ OF \n\nThis pet\u00e9tlen coming an fer ordefs t!'f1!~3__\ufb02a3_(z, \n\nthe foilowing: " _ \n\nThe respondent register\u00e9d 2068 for the<\/pre>\n
offences punishable_.vun \u00a7er  3\u00a7:1′.2;:’.L”1: eVad:Qi’th 149 of the<\/p>\n
Indian Pena! <:1'\u00a2de.* . :  4' _  _\n<\/p>\n
2. The Vclase’ sf “i:\u00a7’t}a._L’r3!f\u00a2\u00a25\u00a7:e,3Ac’i;:.tIn in brief is that thirteen<\/p>\n
accused person\u00e9.”‘m;u%rc!\u00e9i’ed” \u00e9nd Pwasanna over the issues
\nof 4.aye-tea,s\u00a3:\u00a7\u00a7:g and shaV.ri:n _a the cemmisslcn cef Rs.20.00 iakh In<\/p>\n
s\u00e9t%i\u00a7nfg 3 \u00a7\u00a3.is\u00a7iLxtg. 6:1 2″” Aprii, 2008 the accused Dinesh<\/p>\n
1} _was a1sfsa:’l;\u00a3!.ted”f\u00e9a\ufb01d__ \ufb01\u00e9\ufb01eaded; Prasanna started running away.<\/p>\n
 he wa \u00a7’ cha:s.e{‘\u00a3’ and killed by the accused persons, The first<\/p>\n
 (if: the ribs of Dinesh with his knife and the secend<\/p>\n
 assaulted him an his neck with knife, the fifth<\/p>\n
 “g._pet\u00ab\u00a7t\u00a7’o’r:er hit him on his face with lane, the seventh getitlcner<\/p>\n
 “anether accused, Munikrlsha it him with a cement brick on<\/p>\n
4<\/span><\/p>\n
his head, The petitioners No.3 and 8 pushed Prasanna_4.t\u00a7\u00bb..\u00a7h.g<\/p>\n
ground, the fuurth petitlener assauited him an <\/p>\n
deaciiy weapons, the fifth petitioner hit Praganna \u00a3>ii”*!14i.’..:5f*_\u00bb\u00a2,i\u00a5’ieV:St–A|VJV,.”_:’4 v <\/p>\n
giving 2–\u00bb3 biows with his iong. PrasannaiyvagAAa\u00a5i\u00e9;<$"i1\u00a7_\u00a7i'e'd;– <\/p>\n
in brief the daubie murder tragedy.\n<\/p>\n
3. The accusw No.4 isrezigaci,i”‘AV\u00e9\u00a7i;Li\u00e9\u00e9d_.iEio.t2;v–12.~\u00a7nd 13
\nare stiii absconding. The :\u00e9p%p_i’i’c\u00e9ti.r$’!\u00a7f v’:s:avii\u00ab..fiied by the<\/p>\n
petitieners is turne\u00abci_.,::\u00a7cj.\u00a7:;1 b\u00a7fAVVfi\u00a7e1:’V:Se\u00a7si’\u00a2:_:1\u00a7 Vcmirt, by its order<\/p>\n
dated 2″” 3un;;\u00a7;’%ic’e\u00e9{i;5._V  4 _  i<\/p>\n
4, sri V’K_.’. ” iishashikiran,4V_L’S:b~*;i:ty, the learned ceunse!
\napgaearine for tiuia*–4.Vf\u00e9etitVio_nie:S’\u00e9abmits that no avert acts are
\natj_t.ri’b.,;;tedi_’:Li:\u00a7:a gg\ufb01tzngedi i~it2\u00ab.v5._,_…1Q, and 3.1 (petiticmers No.3, 8 and<\/p>\n
11 V’h:ar’e.i.\ufb01}.–w. TAiig’~s}1;s<i,{\u00a7'r*si.ts that the eyewitnesses have not stated<\/p>\n
 th\u00e9iis\u00e9idv "?.;\u00a7'ii:\u00a5f \u00a7'i(;E\u00a7Vv'\u00a73Etit\u00a70\u00a51eTS have stabbed, wounded or<\/p>\n
1_j:'_i\u00a2.;s'.s44ai:;ii:ed 4i:i2eV"'i{1\u00e9cfeased. All of them have made identical<\/p>\n
 *$i\u00e9.i;\u00e9s?tas\u00e9Vnt\u00a7\u00ab–..tha:'t the accused M5 and 10 oniy caught Prasanna<\/p>\n
A"'4".avn_\u00a2'*i'n$:ie' iiim fall down and that the accused Nc.11 only threw<\/p>\n
–a.>’:staai\u00a7Viei’ at the car in which Prasanna was sitting. He further<\/p>\n
 \u00e9isbmits that the campiainant is no an eyewitness and that theta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Soma S\/O Annayappa vs The State Of Karnataka on 23 October, 2008 Author: Ashok B.Hinchigeri IN THE HIGH cauar or-‘ KARNATAKA AT BuANG!’\u00a7{_:0F;E’V’. ~ DATED THIS THE 23*” DAY or QcT::a\u00abER’.;”\u00a7. t::3~:\u00e9i;% ” BEFORE V % THE HQMBLE MR. 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