ITEM NO.21 COURT NO.6 SECTION II-C
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. 203/2024
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 23-06-2023 in CRLA No. 89/2012 passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru)
BASAVARAJU Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA Respondent(s)
(IA No. 15629/2024 – CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING AND IA No. 15631/2024 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 12-02-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Girish Ananthamurti , Adv.
Mrs. Vaijayanthi Girish, AOR

For Respondent(s)
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Delay condoned.
Heard Mr. Girish Ananthamurti, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner.
The Counsel would read the dying declaration (Exhibit P4) of the petitioners wife and then submits that the petitioner poured water on his wife when she poured kerosene upon herself and set herself on fire. It is then pointed out that no previous complaint was filed by the deceased against her husband, alleging any creulty, etc. in the matrimonial life. The locomotor disability to the extent of 75% suffered by the petitioner is pointed out by the learned counsel to submit that the petitioner being jobless and suffering serious locomotor disability was the chief ground for dissatisfaction of the deceased and that is why she took her life and it cannot be attributed to any cruelty by the petitioner.
Leave granted.
The appellant shall remain on bail during the pendency of the appeal. Appropriate bail condition be imposed by the trial court.
(RAJNI MUKHI) (BEENA JOLLY)
COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)