SOMAPPA vs THE STATE OF KARNATAKA — SLP(Crl) No. 4635/2025

Status: Pending.

Pending

CNR: SCIN010100802025

Filing Date

22-Feb-2025

Registration No

SLP(Crl) No. 4635/2025

Diary Number

10080/2025

Order Date

05-May-2025

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Last updated 08-Mar-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SOMAPPA

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF KARNATAKA

Case History

  1. 05-May-2025

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  2. 21-Mar-2025

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 22-Feb-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. SLP(Crl) No. 4635/2025

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casestatus.in Summary

The Supreme Court allowed IA No. 62521/2025, granting the petitioners (a journalist and newspaper editor convicted under IPC Section 228A and POCSO Act Section 23) exemption from surrendering. The petitioners are challenging the Karnataka High Court's order dated 20.12.2024 which upheld their conviction. They are exempted from surrendering until the first listing of the matter before the Court. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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