2016 Yogesh Goudar Murder Case: Court Nullifies Permission To Record Statement And Pardon Accused Mid-Trial: Karnataka High Court

In a significant ruling, the Karnataka High Court has quashed an order by a Special Court that granted pardon to an accused, Basavaraj Shivappa Muttagi, in the 2016 murder case of Yogesh Goudar, a member of the Dharwad Zilla Panchayat. The High Court found the order to be illegal, as it violated the provisions of Section 164 and Section 306 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which govern the recording…