J.S. CHANDRASHEKAR vs STATE OF KARNATAKA — SLP(Crl.)...CRLMP No. 4692/2004

Summary: The Supreme Court heard J.S. Chandrashekar's appeal on February 24, 2011, challenging his conviction under the Karnataka Excise Act for storing and selling 41 bottles of liquor without a valid license. The Court upheld the concurrent findings of lower courts convicting him and affirmed the minimum sentence of six months' rigorous imprisonment and Rs. 1,000 fine, but exercised discretion to direct his release under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958. The appellant was directed to appear before the Civil Judge (Senior Division) and Judicial Magistrate at Sagar on March 15, 2011, for appropriate orders, with failure to appear resulting in dismissal of the appeal. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.