The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a criminal case against a 22-year-old accused of sending a bomb threat email to the Bengaluru Police Commissioner, holding that a disputed internet outage defence is a matter for trial.
A car driven at a person can be “an instrument of death”, the Karnataka High Court has said in refusing to quash the attempt to murder case against a motorist accused of driving at a traffic policeman during a drunken-driving check. Bengaluru: A motorist accused of driving his car at a Head Constable on a […]
“Undoubtedly abusive and intemperate” words were not enough: the Karnataka High Court has held that mere abusive language is not criminal intimidation or intentional insult under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) unless the complaint discloses the statutory ingredients of those offences. Bengaluru: A landowner accused of abusing and threatening his neighbour over a phone call […]
Does a magistrate’s inquest close a police inquiry into an unnatural death? Not so, says the Karnataka High Court: an inquest report only aids probe, and the police must still file a final report before the jurisdictional Magistrate. Bengaluru: Rejecting the State’s stand that proceedings end once the Executive Magistrate’s inquest report is submitted, the […]
Seven FIRs over one incident, and a news report reposted on X: the Karnataka High Court has issued six guidelines against mechanical arrests and repeat FIRs over social media posts, saying that registration of a crime must not automatically lead to arrest, and has quashed the Puttur case against the account’s administrator. Bengaluru: Crime No. […]
Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR against the administrator of an X account for reposting a news report on an alleged stalking incident in Puttur, and directs the police to stop mechanical registration of FIRs and arrests over social media posts. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed an FIR registered under Section 353(2) of the […]
Should a citizen have to prove that his case has ended, or should the police find out before labelling him? The Karnataka High Court has placed that burden on the police, after a 26-year-old man from Tumakuru, acquitted of every charge in July 2025, was served a rowdy sheet notice a year later. It has […]
Archived court recordings cannot be claimed by a litigant as of right unless the Bench specifically orders it, the Karnataka High Court has held while dismissing a 72-year-old man’s challenge to the refusal of copies of recordings of his appeal hearing. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking copies of archived […]
A father accused of letting his 14-year-old son drive will have to face the charge: the Karnataka High Court refuses to quash culpable homicide charge against him, and says what he knew is a matter for the trial court. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has declined to quash the charge of culpable homicide not amounting […]