Remand Illegal in Bailable Offences, Man’s Custody for Alleged Kidnapping of Wife Quashed: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has ordered the release of a man who was sent to judicial custody by a trial court on allegations of kidnapping his own wife. The Court found that the woman, who is a major and legally married to the petitioner, had voluntarily gone with him. Therefore, the offence of kidnapping was wrongly invoked. The order was passed by Justice M Nagaprasanna in CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 2898…
