State by Excise Police, Magadi vs Janardhan Rao — 6672/2021

Case under Karnataka Excise Act 1965 Section 32 KE ACT. Disposed: Contested--ACQUITTED on 27th March 2026.

Case disposed

C.C. - CRIMINAL CASES

CNR: KARN420088012021

Filing Number

6631/2021

Filing Date

22-Dec-2021

Registration No

6672/2021

Registration Date

22-Dec-2021

Court

PRL. CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, MAGADI

Judge

103-Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

Decision Date

27-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ACQUITTED

Last updated 05-Jun-2026

FIR Details

FIR Number

13/2020

Police Station

EXCISE PS, MAGADI

Year

2021

Acts & Sections

Karnataka Excise Act 1965 Section 32 KE ACT

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.State by Excise Police, Magadi

    Adv. no

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Janardhan Rao

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 27-Mar-2026

    JudgmentView PDF

    Case Summary: State v. Janardhan Rao (C.C.No.6672/2021) The court acquitted Janardhan Rao of charges under Sections 32(1) and 38(A) of the Karnataka Excise Act for illegal liquor possession. The court found the search conducted at Shivaji Military Hotel violated Section 54 of the Excise Act because the officer failed to obtain a search warrant or record grounds justifying its omission, rendering the search illegal and without jurisdictional validity. Additionally, the prosecution failed to comply with Section 59(A) by not submitting all seized liquor samples for forensic certification, leaving the evidence insufficient to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 27-Mar-2026

    Disposed

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  4. 18-Mar-2026

    Judgement.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  5. 16-Mar-2026

    Arguments

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  6. 13-Mar-2026

    Arguments

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  7. 05-Mar-2026

    Arguments

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  8. 27-Feb-2026

    DepositionView PDF

  9. 27-Feb-2026

    Accussed Statement u/s 313 CrPC

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  10. 23-Jan-2026

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  11. 23-Dec-2025

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  12. 21-Nov-2025

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  13. 18-Oct-2025

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  14. 06-Sep-2025

    DepositionView PDF

  15. 06-Sep-2025

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  16. 10-Jul-2025

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  17. 13-May-2025

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  18. 22-Mar-2025

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  19. 06-Feb-2025

    DepositionView PDF

  20. 06-Feb-2025

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  21. 10-Jan-2025

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  22. 28-Nov-2024

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  23. 26-Oct-2024

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  24. 27-Sep-2024

    DepositionView PDF

  25. 27-Sep-2024

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  26. 23-Aug-2024

    DepositionView PDF

  27. 23-Aug-2024

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  28. 16-Jul-2024

    ChargeView PDF

  29. 16-Jul-2024

    Evidence.

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  30. 29-Jun-2024

    Framing Of Charge Or Plea

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  31. 30-Mar-2024

    Framing Of Charge Or Plea

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  32. 26-Feb-2024

    Appearance Of Accussed

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  33. 20-Jan-2024

    NBW To Accused

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  34. 23-Nov-2023

    Summons

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  35. 07-Oct-2023

    Summons

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  36. 01-Aug-2023

    Summons

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  37. 08-May-2023

    Summons

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  38. 16-Mar-2023

    Appearance Of Accussed

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  39. 23-Dec-2022

    Appearance Of Accussed

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  40. 21-Oct-2022

    Appearance Of Accussed

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  41. 27-Jul-2022

    Appearance Of Accussed

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  42. 06-May-2022

    Appearance Of Accussed

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  43. 18-Feb-2022

    Appearance Of Accussed

    Prl CIVIL Judge And JMFC

  44. 23-Dec-2021

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  45. 22-Dec-2021

    Case filed

    Registration No. 6672/2021

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: State v. Janardhan Rao (C.C.No.6672/2021) The court acquitted Janardhan Rao of charges under Sections 32(1) and 38(A) of the Karnataka Excise Act for illegal liquor possession. The court found the search conducted at Shivaji Military Hotel violated Section 54 of the Excise Act because the officer failed to obtain a search warrant or record grounds justifying its omission, rendering the search illegal and without jurisdictional validity. Additionally, the prosecution failed to comply with Section 59(A) by not submitting all seized liquor samples for forensic certification, leaving the evidence insufficient to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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