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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
G.BASAVARAJA
Madhukar S/o Chidanandappa – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
G. BASAVARAJA, J.
1. The appellants have preferred this criminal appeal against the judgment of conviction dated 05th March 2014 and order on sentence dated 07th March 2014, passed by the Additional District & Sessions Judge, Chitradurga, in Special Case No.17/2011.
2. For the sake of convenience, the parties herein are referred to their rank as before the trial Court.
3. The brief facts leading to this appeal are that the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Challakere Sub-Division, Challakere, submitted a charge sheet against accused No.1 to 3 for the offence under Sections 324 , 504, 506 read with Section 34 of IPC and Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, read with of . It is alleged by the prosecution that the complainant-Mudalagiri is the resident of Chikkenahalli village, Challakere Taluk and he belongs to Adi Karnataka caste. On 01.05.2011, since there was election to Challakere Taluk APMC, and in that regard, at about 11.15 a.m., the complainant and his father-Dyamanna came to Chikkenahalli bus-stand in order to go to Kaparahalli village to cast their votes and in the said bus stand one Vishwanatha and Thipp
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