Karnataka HC notice to State in contempt plea for not paying illegally arrested homestay owner ₹5 lakh

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday sought the State government's response to a contempt of court plea alleging non-compliance with a direction to pay ₹5 lakhs as compensation to a Kodagu homestay owner for illegally arresting him in a criminal case [Palecanda Ponnappa @ Vishal v. Shalini Rajnesh & others].