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2026 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 9352

THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
Mohammad Nawaz, Venkatesh Naik T, JJ
Sampath – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Ahmed S.N.
For the Respondents: Rashmi Patel

Table of Content
1. conviction based on inadequate evidence. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. allegations of assault and illicit relationship. (Para 4 , 5 , 10)
3. arguments regarding discrepancies in witness reliability. (Para 6 , 7)
4. court's conclusion on evidence insufficiencies. (Para 14 , 26 , 27)

ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ)

The appeal is preferred by the accused against the judgment and order dated 19.04.2018 passed by the Court of the I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ramanagara, in Special Case No.119 of 2009, thereby convicting him for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 of IPC .

2. The trial Court has sentenced the accused to undergo rigorous life imprisonment for the offence punishable under Section 302 of IPC and to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years for the offence punishable under Section 201 of .

3. Brief facts of the prosecution case:

The first informant PW4-Somachari and PW5-Jyothi are husband and wife. Deceased Prathvik is their two year old son. They were residing in Mysuru along with the parents of the first informant. For Deepavali Festival, the first informant had left his wife Jyothi in the house of her parents in Kalk

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