The High Court of Karnataka has imposed a cost of ₹1 lakh on a mother-daughter duo for suppressing facts in their petition in which they had questioned the criminal proceedings initiated against them by the daughter’s husband for allegedly cheating him of several crores of rupees.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order while dismissing the petition filed by Samantha Christina Delfina Willis, 25, and her mother, Shakila Willis, 56, both natives of Kolkatta and presently living in London. The petition was filed by one of their family friends, in whose favour they had executed a power of attorney (PA), which was executed in Bengaluru but notarised in London.
Holding that a petition filed by a PA holder on behalf of an accused in a criminal case is not maintainable, the court found that the petitioners had failed to disclose several details, including their arrest and release on bail a couple of days prior to the filling of the petition.
