Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 505 · Decided 7 November 2000
Abdul Karim v. State of Karnataka and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 505 · [2000] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 382
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 741/2000
- Decided
- 7 November 2000
- Bench
- S.P. BHARUCHA, D.P. MOHAPATRA, Y.K. SABHARWAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 321; Arms Act
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 321-Prosecution-Withdrawal from-Application of mind- C By court-Before grant of consent-Application of Public Prosecutor (PP)­ Requirements of-Popular film actor kidnapped by Veerappan and h~s associates-State Government in panic yielding to Veerappan under various penal statutes so as to facilitate their release-Demand also included· D release of some of Veerappan 's associates detained under National Security Act (NSA) for the release of the film actor-Accordingly, PP moved an application under S.321 for withdrawal of TADA
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