AND

ORDER

OF

Digitally

signed by

SUMA

Location:

HIGH

COURT OF

KARNATAKA

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CONVICTION AND SENTENCE DATED 20.10.2016 PASSED IN

C.C.NO.191/2009 BY THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC,

VIRAJPET AND AS WELL AS THE JUDGMENT AND ORDER OF

CONVICTION DATED 07.09.2018 PASSED BY THE I ADDITIONAL

DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, KODAGU, MADIKERE IN CRIMINAL

APPEAL NO.110/2017 AND CONSEQUENTLY PASS AN ORDER OF

ACQUITAL OF THE PETITIONER FROM THE ALLEGED OFFENCES

UNDER THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS CASE.

THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, THE

COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:

ORDER

The petitioner has challenged the judgment of conviction

dated 20.10.2016 passed by the Civil Judge and JMFC, Virajpet

(henceforth

referred

to

as

'Trial

Court'

for

short)

in

C.C.No.191/2009, convicting him for the offences punishable

under Sections 279, 337, 338 and 304A of IPC and the

consequent sentence. The petitioner has also challenged the

judgment dated 07.09.2018 passed by the I Addl. District and

Sessions Judge, Kodagu at Madikeri (henceforth referred to as

'Appellate Court' for short) in Crl.A.No.110/2017 by which, the

judgment of conviction and the order of sentence passed by the

Trial Court was up