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2021 (8) TMI 1301
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....ashekhar A. Chakalabbi, Adv., Mr. Awanish Kumar, Adv., Mr. Anshul Rai, Adv. And M/s. Dharmaprabhas Law Associates, AOR For Respondent: Mr. Rajeev Kumar Bansal, AOR ORDER Leave granted. The short point in this appeal, against the order dated 15.01.2021, as passed by the High Court of Karnataka in Criminal Revision Petition No.515 of 2020, is as to whether the High Court was justified in providi....
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.... the complainant as compensation in terms of Section 357 Cr.P.C. and the balance amount was to be remitted to the State. The appeal taken by the accused-appellant was dismissed by the Appellate Court on 12.06.2020, maintaining the order of the Trial Court. Aggrieved, the appellant approached the High Court by filing Criminal Revision Petition No.515 of 2020. While dealing with the said criminal r....
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....minal revision petition shall not be entertained unless the fine amount is deposited by the appellant. Challenging the order so passed by the learned Single Judge, the accused-appellant has approached this Court and it is essentially submitted that the High Court was not justified in imposing a condition of pre-deposit of the fine amount for the purpose of hearing the appellant's petition. Learn....
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....ot have been made a condition precedent for the purpose of even hearing of the revision petition so filed by the appellant. In view of the above, we are unable to approve the impugned order passed by the High Court on 15.01.2021. The impugned order is, therefore, set aside. It is left open for the parties to pursue the matter in Criminal Revision Petition No.515 of 2020 before the High Court. It....