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2025 DAILYLAW 7469 (KAR)

SMT DANESHWARI B. PATIL ALIAS DHANESHWARI PATIL W/O BASALINGAPPA PATIL v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA

CRL.P/103028/2024 · 2025-01-08

J M Khazi

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