A 51-year-old man tried to slit his throat and neck in front of the judges inside Court Hall-1 of the High Court of Karnataka when the judicial proceedings were underway before a Division Bench headed by the Chief Justice on Wednesday afternoon (April 3).
The incident occurred around 1 p.m. when the Bench comprising Chief Justice N.V. Anjaria and Justice H.B. Prabhakara Sastry was hearing a petition related to mines and minerals listed at serial number 26 of the cause list of the day.
The man, who has been identified by the police as C. Srinivas, came close to the platform where the court officers sit in front of the podium where the judges sit. He kept some papers related to certain litigation on the table in front of the court officers and tried to slit his throat and neck using a sharp object brought by himself.
