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Karnataka High Court quashes charges against Kodagu homestay owner in U.S. national rape case
Noticing that the homestay owner was booked under the provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946, which was repealed in its entirety on September 1, 2025, the Court said “criminality cannot be conjured out of a statutory provision which had ceased to exist.”
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- Why it matters
- The homestay owner facing rape allegations in connection with a U.S. national now has those charges dismissed because the Foreigners Act provision used to charge him no longer exists as law.
- Most affected
- The homestay owner — Charges quashed; cannot be prosecuted under the now-repealed Foreigners Act provision.
- Likely next
- Whether the prosecution files a new case against him under different legal provisions, or whether the case is dropped entirely.