{"id":88998,"date":"2008-12-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008"},"modified":"2018-02-13T00:42:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T19:12:51","slug":"sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Sridhara Achari S\/O Mudukappa … vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Sridhara Achari S\/O Mudukappa … vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: A.S.Pachhapure<\/div>\n
'THE STA$E C? KA\ufb01NAT\u00a7KA_.\n\nIN THE HIGH COSRT 9? KARNA?AKA A? BANGALQRE\nDATED THIS THE 19\" DAY SF BECEMBER 2a\u00a7\u00e9 '_\nBEFORE V.'\nTHE HQN'a;E MR. JUSTICE A 5 PACE\ufb01\u00a7\u00a7U\u00e9: '\nCREMINAL APPEAL N@{\u00e9\u00a7\u00e9\u00a7'e?r2@\u00a7\u00e9:   \nEETWEEN: ' '\n\nSRIBHARA ACHARI\ns\/0 MUQUKAPPA ACHARI\nASED ABOUT 27 \u00a5EARs=, ~, V'.\nocc: CARPENTER, R\/O*?UNABH%GATT\u00e9n' \nTAL:E\u00a7%@PANAwM\ufb02\u00a3, DES? ?E\ufb01w\u00a3RGERE;\n.. V\u00bbw\u00bb.j \u00ab,g,   'R; R\u00a7PELLANT\n{BY \u00a7R1~g B DEsH\u00a7ANDE,'Aau.,;\nANS\n\n. RESPONDENT<\/pre>\n
.(eg’sRI’A\u00a73Am\u00a7M\ufb01\u00e9TH\u00a5, HCGP}<\/p>\n
_-cRL.\u00a7  \u00a7::ED7 U25. 3?4g2; CR.?.C BY THE
\nAD.’.3.3:}CAT:*–‘._} FC’\u00ab’}”{“~..THE V3-EPPELLANT AC”.-\u00a7AI\u00a7~\u00a73T THE JUCJGMENT<\/p>\n
“w.aT,5.12.2Q06 PASSES BY THE sJ., DAVANGERE IN s.c.
\n, NQ.61fQ6 Ans CGNV\u00a7CTIN$ THE APPELLAN?XACC\u00a7SED yea
\n<LVTHE;\u00a7\u00a7EEN\u20ac3'P\/U\/3.5:: F03 HAVING MASK AN ATTEMPT
\n'.T@_.coMM1$\u00a7=\u00e9FF2NcE B\/S.3?6(2}{f} 3? :90 Amy<\/p>\n
SENTENCIH$.HIM TO UNQERGG R.I. FGR A PEREGB OF 5
\nYaAR$ 5.s\ufb01&LL PA? A FINE G? Rs.20,0G@fm & 1.3.,
\nT0 EAYa FINE _AMGUNT, BE SHALL UNQERGG R.E. FOR<\/p>\n
V" FURTHER PEREDD OF 3 MGNTHS.\n<\/p>\n
‘ CRL.A is coming on for hearing thig day, the<\/p>\n
‘Sour: deiiverad tha following:\n<\/p>\n
an\u00e9 5 — the villagers and submitted his eompiaiet\n<\/p>\n
— Ex.P.1 to PW.12, whe registered thew_eaid<\/p>\n
cempieint in Crime NO.3?fG6 for the saieecfiehee<\/p>\n
and sent the complaint — Ex.?.1 and F\u00a7%–w_ExL?\u00a7i\ufb01*<\/p>\n
te the Magietrate end he alee_sent t\ufb01e victim f”<\/p>\n
PW.9 te the hospital for the euxpcsgvefte\u00e9di\u00e9ai<\/p>\n
examinatien. Later, PWLEQ W the \u00a7el3ee\u00a7inepecter_*<\/p>\n
centinued the investigatien and Visited the spot
\nand heid the spat} mehe2er,W\u00bb- Vve\n<\/p>\n
5. it is the conteetieeiVef3 the learned<\/p>\n
ceuneel for the appelient ” that ‘eeE\u00a3ept.> the,”<\/p>\n
evidence sf ?W.9 there ie \ufb01e Kmterial to prove
\nthat the victim twee subjected, to the forcible
\nsexual interCOurse, DY ,th@ xaeCUS@@*\u00b0and as there<\/p>\n
were no in\ufb01\ufb01\ufb01 es \u00e9t eii \u00a9\ufb01*the body of PW.9 it<\/p>\n
cannet be Said that the accused has committed the
\nfereibie 5exteluWi\ufb01tefeoezee. it is also his
\ncententien that PW[3 was a girl aged about five
\nyears at the time of the incident and the accused<\/p>\n
wee aged 2?i\u00a7ee;\u00a7, In case if there was any act<\/p>\n
A aft fdrcibie sexual intereeerse the victim: could<\/p>\n
i=.heve’,eu$teined the injuries. in addition he<\/p>\n
Suemits that the eerusai of evidence of PW.9 doee<\/p>\n
net .feyeel any such circumstance to \ufb01hew that<\/p>\n
‘t\ufb01ereV=wes an attempt to cemmit the sexual<\/p>\n
e-_iQtercourse. in the circumstances, it is his<\/p>\n
submission that if tee evidence of PW.@ is<\/p>\n
\ufb01iscarded there ie as material against the<\/p>\n
accused for the offence penishabie U\/S 3?6\u00a32}if)<\/p>\n
R,\/’W sec.:e11 of 19:: and that the e:,;cia1,;’;”‘:”,*c~g_’;::__f<\/p>\n
committed an iiiegaiitya in CQ\ufb01VlCtihg’e theu<\/p>\n
appellant for the said effeneee\ufb01 t HehCeg. he<\/p>\n
submits to set aside the_convietion aid ts graetV<\/p>\n
acquittal.\n<\/p>\n
6. Per cont%a{ tee ieat\ufb01ee e\u00a2\u00a7\u00a3;; Pieader
\nsubmits that the vietim 1% aged ee\u00e9ut five years
\nand immedieteiy. afte%e\u00a2th\u00a7Vai\ufb01g%\u00a7eet she went to
\nher mothet} ; uewt\ufb02i a\ufb01\ufb01s earrated the facts
\nreger\ufb01ingi \ufb02t\ufb01\u00e9\ufb01” i\ufb01\ufb01ie\u00e9\ufb01te ~ The mother inturn
\ninfetmed P\ufb01ii Q het tuebeed i.e., the father ef
\nthe vietip, wee aecee\ufb01anied tar PWS 4 anui 5 went<\/p>\n
to_\u00a7 the \ufb01olice V station eed submitted his<\/p>\n
iccapiaistfma So, the iearned Gevt., Pieader<\/p>\n
“”e\u00a9\u00a7ten\u00a7Sa that even the information which ia<\/p>\n
contained in the comgiaint — Ex.P.l is also most<\/p>\n
V”\u00bb:eie\u00a7ant and lacking’ into the age of PW.\u00a7 her<\/p>\n
“_eHiaence has to be weighed in the context ef the<\/p>\n
\u00e9ontents, as the victim is five years aid and<\/p>\n
she stated about the act of the accused and there
\nis no denial about the accused having taken PW.5<\/p>\n
ta his house. He submits that the presence of<\/p>\n
BA<\/p>\n
and found the bleed stains. It is thereafter
\nthat she informed about this incident te_ her
\nhusband ~ pw;1, who i\ufb01turn went to the “eeiice<\/p>\n
station and submitted the complaint w $r.Piiih<\/p>\n
8. Now, as could be seeh_frem the e\ufb01idenceu<\/p>\n
ef PW.9, it reveals that at ithe5 time “wager ha:<\/p>\n
evideace was recorded by the Court she States i\ufb01a*<\/p>\n
the chief examination that the aecheed took her
\nto hie heuee and mag; her t\u00a7”8\u00a7\u00a3 we the ehair and
\nasked her to remove \ufb01hg ae%e$,eear \ufb01nd inturn he
\naiso remove\ufb02hlhie \u00a5under:’WearI=-m\ufb01She also states<\/p>\n
that the acehaee ga\ufb01e a threat to finish her, if<\/p>\n
she Vdiee;eee\u00e9fathie*_incideht to her parents and
\nshe aise states that she was getting pain at that<\/p>\n
time; .She”atatee that when the accused went to<\/p>\n
Viwear the dhethi she went outside and eemplainee<\/p>\n
* Of the ihci\ufb01eht ts her mether. As could be seen<\/p>\n
frem the cross examieatioh, though ?W.9 states<\/p>\n
VV that while she was playing outside the house the<\/p>\n
“_aec\u00a3sed was deihg carpentry work and at that time<\/p>\n
he feend the inetrumeats of cargentry aha fevicol<\/p>\n
fallen te the ground and it is because of thia
\nreaseh that the accused assaulted her. She<\/p>\n
etatee abeut the aaaaait by the accused and later<\/p>\n
that her mother — ?W.3 came and took ha: back to<\/p>\n
the house and than to the police statiQau_a, We<\/p>\n
cannot forget the fact that PW.9 is a gig; ag\u00a7a_<\/p>\n
about five years aad in Case if any saga qaastiana<\/p>\n
aw. A,<\/p>\n
_. ._\u00e9 a  ‘ ah
\nis asked andi her attantidn is Efi\ufb01\ufb02\ufb02\ufb02<\/p>\n
u\ufb01a wan?\n<\/p>\n
other incident which might hav\u00e9~happahed an thatj<\/p>\n
day, aha would have “Stated iany*WQth@r such<\/p>\n
instances. Eut,. as far “aa4Vthe acc\ufb01s\u00e9d taking<\/p>\n
PW.9 to his house and cam\ufb02itti\ufb01git\ufb01a act there is<\/p>\n
no suggasti\u00a2n \u00abmade ,by; tie udaf\u00e9nca denying the
\nstatemant”%a\ufb01\u00e9~by 9%,? i\ufb01 \ufb02ap Chi\u00e9f examination.
\nAs PW,9-_iE_ aigahiid, witnasa, more particularly<\/p>\n
aged about fiv\u00e9,yQara ahd who is the victim of an<\/p>\n
incident\u00e9aofv attamp:i;to commit rape, we cannat<\/p>\n
expa\u00e9t the \u00e9Vid@\ufb01C\u20ac in a \u00e9aiaiiad manner as aha<\/p>\n
‘is got \u00a7?\ufb01azured and is not aware of sexual act.<\/p>\n
*~so; it is ia”thia context the avi\ufb01enca cf ?W.5<\/p>\n
haa_tQ*ba\u00a7iGoked inte. it is no daubt true that<\/p>\n
 >afta\u00a7\u00bb;adging of the cwmpiaint aha was examined<\/p>\n
~::1A”;a\u00bb:.5 \u00bb\u00bb the dcctor who has issued the<\/p>\n
dartificata ~* Ex.P.3 states that t\ufb01aze were HO<\/p>\n
axteznal injuries on PW.\u00a7. So, if this aapec\u00e9 Of
\nthe absence of injuries is taken into<\/p>\n
cansideration, it appears that there ia some<\/p>\n
oi;\n<\/p>\n
\u00a30<\/p>\n
exaggeration in the complaint at Ex.?.1 by PW.1.
\nBut, the fact that after the examination of ?W.9
\nher ciethee, i.e., pentyg the mighty” and \u00abether<\/p>\n
 $7: e<\/p>\n
clothes were sent for FSL examinatiem \ufb01e\ufb01\ufb01’<\/p>\n
LL’\/_. .\n<\/p>\n
report — Ex.P.8 was received and it re#eal&it{at’<\/p>\n
the penty of the victim and,the4nigh\ufb01ymeo\ufb01taine\u00e9u
\nthe seminal stains. Se, ath\u00e9 ~\u00a7:esen\u00a2\u00e9 ueix&E\ufb01e<\/p>\n
seminal etains on the CiethesAef ?W;\u00a7 woe;@x1ead_”<\/p>\n
to a direct inference abou\ufb01 the peseibilify ef an
\nattempt :3 sexual i\ufb01tercoereeja$&_this aspect cf
\nthe matter in my eeieien\ufb01ie a strcng circumstance<\/p>\n
to ceenecti t\ufb01e veceueed. with “the crime, as” the<\/p>\n
accused had taken PW}\u00a7_t0 his house and cemmitted
\nthe aet ‘which fweeg_e3m\u00a7lained by PW.\u00a7 to her
\nmother immediately thereafter.\n<\/p>\n
9; u Thdugh,;a contention has been xaised by<\/p>\n
;the learhe5_ceensel for the appellant that there<\/p>\n
“.eag, eome_V\u00a7e1i:ical rivalry be\ufb01ween the accused-<\/p>\n
and tee \ufb01ether of the victim, I de net thiak that<\/p>\n
e daughter aged five years weuid be made to<\/p>\n
i\u00e9veive felseiy is take revenge due to political<\/p>\n
W\ufb01iealryp In the eireumstancee, E am of the<\/p>\n
“Qpinien that the evidence ef PW.9 considered with<\/p>\n
the FSL repert ~ Ex.P.8 ie Sufficient to prove<\/p>\n
X<\/p>\n
E2<\/p>\n
Ki)<\/p>\n
to cammit the forcible sexsai intercourse on ?W.<\/p>\n
4<\/span><\/p>\n
M a girl aged about five vests. Eh athe<\/p>\n
circumstances, the trial Court has taken ‘i\ufb01fQ<\/p>\n
consideration ail tbs x\ufb01teriai piaced_0\ufb01fmscG:\ufb01<\/p>\n
and has Came ts a tight con\u00e9lusiq\u00a7;i\ufb01.cb3viCtis\u00a7<\/p>\n
the appellant for the said. Qffence.W,”E :dC:”aCt_<\/p>\n
find any such grsun\ufb01s to Vuwarfa\ufb01t” that<\/p>\n
interference. In, the Vcirdumstancssgu. 3 answer
\nthe point in negatiVe*hQi\ufb01ing that the appellant<\/p>\n
is guilty ifs; ;tH\u00e9’t:of\u00a7s\u00a7c\u00e9Iai\ufb01snishabie S\/S<\/p>\n
375<2;:fy,\u00e9xgs\u00a7\u00a7g;5i17Qf 32:.'<\/p>\n
11\u00bb_AS0 far as the sent\u00e9nce is concerned, it
\nis the contenfiQ\ufb01,d\u00a7_tte'learnsd counsel is: the<\/p>\n
appella\ufb01t_that the stsused is a person aged about<\/p>\n
27"jysars a\ufb01\u00e9,i@Qor{ mans \ufb01oing carpentry' work and<\/p>\n
viihgt t\ufb01st\u00e9 is no injury either on ?W.9 G: on the<\/p>\n
""ascssed:i t\u00a7h\u00e9refwre, he submits that these are<\/p>\n
mitigating! circumstances and requests to reduce<\/p>\n
" the zss\ufb01tence of imprisonment. its is no doubt<\/p>\n
x"_t:u\u00e9'that the Qffence Committed by the accused is<\/p>\n
3 serious sue but, at the same time it is<\/p>\n
relevant to note that it was an attsmpt and not
\nthe comission of rape. Taking into<\/p>\n
consideratisn the citcumstances stats\u00e9 shave as<\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
B<\/p>\n
regards the accused and absence of the injuries
\netc., I am of the opinion that it would be just
\nand proper to reduce the imprisonment to _three<\/p>\n
years and order to pay fine of Rs.2G,8Q\u00ae\u00a7a and<\/p>\n
in eefauit to undergo simple imprison\ufb01ente\ufb01egge.<\/p>\n
period ef six menths. In the circumetanees\ufb01 ,1"<\/p>\n
proceed to pass the feilowieg:\n<\/p>\n
The appeal is ailowe&Jin_part-rii Copvietion
\nof the appellant for t\ufb01e_offe\ufb01ee punietable U\/S<\/p>\n
376(2}(f) RXW Seo.511 is \u00a2\u00a7\u00a7f::\ufb01\u00e9\u00a7,\u00a5 The sentence<\/p>\n
orderedwb\u00a7gtHe;triei Ceurt is modified and the
\na\u00a7pei\u00a7aet- iisy ic;da\u00a7@q.\u00ab to undergo rigorous<\/p>\n
imprisonment 55:2; period of three years and to
\npay _fineiuof’.RS.23,GOO\/W, in defauit to undergo<\/p>\n
simgierimprieeeeent for a period of six months.<\/p>\n
V ii\ufb01gi de\ufb01ositz of the fine amount an ameent or
\ni\ufb02u\ufb01eii\ufb02i\ufb01\ufb01\ufb01ferehail be paie to PW}3 M the mother of<\/p>\n
thew vietimf and the remaining amount shall be<\/p>\n
oreditee to the State. The appellant is entitled<\/p>\n
“”\u00bb:’t\u00a2 the eet eff U\/S 428 Cr.?.C.<\/p>\n
Sd\/~
\nIudqe<\/p>\n
BN3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Sridhara Achari S\/O Mudukappa … vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 2008 Author: A.S.Pachhapure ‘THE STA$E C? KA\ufb01NAT\u00a7KA_. IN THE HIGH COSRT 9? KARNA?AKA A? BANGALQRE DATED THIS THE 19″ DAY SF BECEMBER 2a\u00a7\u00e9 ‘_ BEFORE V.’ THE HQN’a;E MR. JUSTICE A 5 PACE\ufb01\u00a7\u00a7U\u00e9: ‘ CREMINAL APPEAL N@{\u00e9\u00a7\u00e9\u00a7’e?r2@\u00a7\u00e9: EETWEEN: ‘ […]<\/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-88998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSridhara Achari S\/O Mudukappa ... vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 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\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sridhara Achari S\/O Mudukappa ... vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-12-18T18:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-12T19:12:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@legaliadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Legal_india\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Sridhara Achari S\\\/O Mudukappa … vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 2008\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-12-18T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-12T19:12:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008\"},\"wordCount\":1671,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"High Court\",\"Karnataka High Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008\",\"name\":\"Sridhara Achari S\\\/O Mudukappa ... vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-12-18T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-12T19:12:51+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sridhara Achari S\\\/O Mudukappa … vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 2008\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"name\":\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"description\":\"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal India\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sridhara Achari S\/O Mudukappa ... vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sridhara Achari S\/O Mudukappa ... vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008","og_site_name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2008-12-18T18:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-02-12T19:12:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@legaliadmin","twitter_site":"@Legal_india","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Sridhara Achari S\/O Mudukappa … vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 2008","datePublished":"2008-12-18T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-12T19:12:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008"},"wordCount":1671,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"articleSection":["High Court","Karnataka High Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008","name":"Sridhara Achari S\/O Mudukappa ... vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-12-18T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-12T19:12:51+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sridhara-achari-so-mudukappa-vs-the-state-of-karnatka-on-19-december-2008#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sridhara Achari S\/O Mudukappa … vs The State Of Karnatka on 19 December, 2008"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","description":"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization","name":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","alternateName":"Legal India","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}