Supreme Court of India

The State of Karnataka v. Sadiq Pasha

Neutral citation
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran JJ.
Decided 1 October 2026

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

What the Court ordered

However, finding the impugned order quashing the criminal proceedings to be improper, we restore Special Case No.24 of 2022 arising out of Special Case No.131 of 2019 in Crime No.94 of 2018 to the files of the Principal District and Sessions Judge and Special Court, Udupi. The respondent shall appear before the said Court within a period of two weeks from today, upon which the Court shall allow him to be released on bail on such terms and conditions it deems fit and otherwise, on failure to appear, the Trial Court shall issue steps for his apprehension for production before Court. The appeal stands allowed with the above direction.

Judgment, 15-16

In brief

On information about transportation of Ganja, police intercepted a car in Mysuru where three men stood nearby; two were apprehended and 32.615 kgs of Ganja in 42 bundles was recovered from the dashboard and trunk, while the third man fled the spot. The respondent, an engineering graduate who later went to the USA, was named as Accused No.3 in the FIS itself, apparently on the others identifying the man who fled; he evaded arrest, was declared an absconder and a split chargesheet was drawn against him.…

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the Supreme Court's own signed PDF — the original file as the Registry published it, not a copy somebody has watermarked or re-branded
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.