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ITEM NO.27 COURT NO.16 SECTION II-E
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) Diary No(s). 4072/2026
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 10-03-2025 in CRRP No. 100163/2017 passed by the High Court of Karnataka Circuit Bench at Dharwad]
SRI NIJAGUNA Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA Respondent(s)
FOR ADMISSION and I.R. IA No. 24572/2026 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING Date : 20-02-2026 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Manjunath Meled, Adv. Mrs. Vijayalaxmi Udapudi, Adv. Ms. Arushi, Adv. Mr. Ganesh Kumar R., AOR For Respondent(s) :
Mr. Naveen Sharma, AOR Ms. Swati Bhushan Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Sharma, Adv. Ms. Payal Gola, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
1. Delay condoned.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
incident is of the year 2007. The petitioner has been exempted
from surrendering.
3. The learned counsel further submits that if h...