THE STATE vs SRI NAGARAJ S/O BASAPPA SAVANUR — 147/2020

Case under U/s. 32, 34 Ex Act Section U/s. 32, 34 EX Act. Disposed: Contested--ACQUITTED on 27th March 2026.

Case disposed

C.C. - CRIMINAL CASES

CNR: KADW300002972020

Filing Number

147/2020

Filing Date

04-Jul-2020

Registration No

147/2020

Registration Date

04-Jul-2020

Court

CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, KALGHATAGI

Judge

301-Civil Judge and JMFC , Kalghatgi

Decision Date

27-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ACQUITTED

Last updated 21-Jun-2026

FIR Details

FIR Number

149

Police Station

KALGHATAGI PS

Year

2019

Acts & Sections

U/s. 32, 34 Ex Act Section U/s. 32, 34 EX Act

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE

    Adv. APP

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.SRI NAGARAJ S/O BASAPPA SAVANUR

  2. 2.SRI GURUSIDDAPPA S/O BASAPPA TAVARAGERI

    Adv. SRI K.B.GUDIHAL

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 27-Mar-2026

    JudgmentView PDF

    Case Summary: C.C. 147/2020 Court Decision: Accused No. 2 (Gurusiddappa) was acquitted of offenses under Sections 32 and 34 of the Karnataka Excise Act due to gross procedural violations by police. Key Reasoning: The court found critical failures in investigation procedure: (1) FIR was registered *after* search and seizure, violating Section 154 Cr.P.C. and Supreme Court precedent in *Lalitha Kumari*; (2) search conducted without court warrant or compliance with Section 54 of Karnataka Excise Act; (3) panch witnesses turned hostile; (4) investigating officers admitted never visiting the crime scene. These violations rendered all evidence unreliable and violated the accused's Article 21 rights, necessitating acquittal. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 27-Mar-2026

    Disposed

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  4. 18-Mar-2026

    DepositionView PDF

  5. 18-Mar-2026

    Judgments

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  6. 18-Mar-2026

    Evidence

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  7. 13-Mar-2026

    Evidence

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  8. 12-Mar-2026

    DepositionView PDF

  9. 12-Mar-2026

    Evidence

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  10. 27-Feb-2026

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  11. 26-Feb-2026

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  12. 19-Feb-2026

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  13. 23-Jan-2026

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  14. 08-Jan-2026

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  15. 30-Dec-2025

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  16. 11-Dec-2025

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  17. 12-Nov-2025

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  18. 15-Oct-2025

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  19. 07-Aug-2025

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  20. 11-Jul-2025

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  21. 22-May-2025

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  22. 07-Feb-2025

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  23. 23-Dec-2024

    Summons

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  24. 24-Oct-2024

    Summons

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  25. 19-Aug-2024

    Evidence

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  26. 18-Jun-2024

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  27. 02-Apr-2024

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  28. 16-Jan-2024

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  29. 11-Dec-2023

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  30. 07-Nov-2023

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  31. 19-Sep-2023

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  32. 07-Aug-2023

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  33. 06-Jul-2023

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  34. 12-Jun-2023

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  35. 28-Apr-2023

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  36. 13-Mar-2023

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  37. 23-Jan-2023

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  38. 15-Dec-2022

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  39. 15-Nov-2022

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  40. 20-Sep-2022

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  41. 08-Aug-2022

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  42. 12-Jul-2022

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  43. 06-Jun-2022

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  44. 11-Apr-2022

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  45. 14-Mar-2022

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  46. 02-Feb-2022

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  47. 27-Dec-2021

    OrdersView PDF

  48. 27-Dec-2021

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  49. 23-Nov-2021

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  50. 28-Sep-2021

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  51. 31-Aug-2021

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  52. 17-Aug-2021

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  53. 22-Jun-2021

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  54. 28-Apr-2021

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  55. 10-Mar-2021

    Evidence

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  56. 09-Feb-2021

    Summons

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  57. 03-Feb-2021

    Summons

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  58. 27-Jan-2021

    DepositionView PDF

  59. 27-Jan-2021

    Summons

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  60. 25-Jan-2021

    Summons

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  61. 12-Jan-2021

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  62. 08-Dec-2020

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  63. 03-Nov-2020

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  64. 29-Sep-2020

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  65. 01-Sep-2020

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  66. 04-Aug-2020

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  67. 04-Jul-2020

    Case filed

    Registration No. 147/2020

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: C.C. 147/2020 Court Decision: Accused No. 2 (Gurusiddappa) was acquitted of offenses under Sections 32 and 34 of the Karnataka Excise Act due to gross procedural violations by police. Key Reasoning: The court found critical failures in investigation procedure: (1) FIR was registered *after* search and seizure, violating Section 154 Cr.P.C. and Supreme Court precedent in *Lalitha Kumari*; (2) search conducted without court warrant or compliance with Section 54 of Karnataka Excise Act; (3) panch witnesses turned hostile; (4) investigating officers admitted never visiting the crime scene. These violations rendered all evidence unreliable and violated the accused's Article 21 rights, necessitating acquittal. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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