KODIGEHALLI P.S. vs A1 GIRI ALIAS GIRISH UGREGOWDA — 1075/2023

The court in case S.C. No. 1075/2023 (Bangalore Principal City Civil and Sessions Court) has treated the witness as an adverse witness based on his testimony given on 19.02.2026. The witness, Manjunath (37 years old), testified that the three accused were known to him but did not commit any assault against him, contradicting the prosecution's case alleging an attack on 05.01.2022 where the first accused allegedly struck him with a machete. The court permitted cross-examination by the defence counsel, treating the witness's contradictory statements and apparent reconciliation with the accused as grounds for declaring him an adverse witness to the prosecution. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.