Citation : 2026 Latest Caselaw 20 Kant
Judgement Date : 5 January, 2026
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CRL.P No. 12748 of 2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 5TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA
CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 12748 OF 2025
BETWEEN:
1. SRI SHRAVITH K. L.,
S/O LAKSHMIPATHI K. N.,
AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS
R/AT K.RAMPURA, KADABA HOBLI
GUBBI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT - 572 219.
2. LAKSHMIPATHI
S/O NARAYANA SHETTY
AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS
R/AT KADABA VILLAGE
K.RAMAPURA, GUBBI TALUK
TUMKURU DISTRICT - 572 219.
Digitally signed 3. UMADEVI S.,
by NAGAVENI W/O LAKSHMIPATHI
Location: HIGH
COURT OF AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS
KARNATAKA R/AT KADABA VILLAGE
K.RAMAPURA, GUBBI TALUK
TUMKURU DISTRICT - 572 219.
4. GIRISH
S/O CHANNASWAMY
AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS
R/AT KADABA VILLAGE
K.RAMAPURA, GUBBI TALUK
TUMKURU DISTRICT - 572 219.
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5. BHAVANA
C/O GIRISH K. C.,
AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS
R/AT KADABA VILLAGE
K.RAMAPURA, GUBBI TALUK
TUMKURU DISTRICT - 572 219.
ADDRESS AS PER AADAR CARD.
...PETITIONERS
(BY SRI C.S.MADHU, ADVOCATE)
AND:
1. STATE OF KARNATAKA
BY CHANNAGIRI P.S,
(REPRESENTED BY THE SPP)
HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
BENGALURU - 560 001.
2. SMT. KAVYA M. R.,
W/O SHRAVITH K. L.,
D/O RAVI M.,
AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS
R/AT CHANNESHPURA
(MADAL) VILLAGE
CHANNAGIRI TALUK
DAVANAGERE DISTRICT - 577 213.
...RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI B.N.JAGADEESHA, ADDL. SPP FOR R-1)
THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.P.C., (FILED U/S 528
BNSS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR AGAINST THE
PETITIONERS IN CR.NO.508/2022 BEFORE THE CHANNAGIRI
P.S, FOR THE O/P/U/S 323, 504, 506, 498A, 149 OF IPC AND
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SEC. 3 AND 4 OF D.P ACT IN PRL.CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC
COURT CHANNAGIRI.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY,
ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA
ORAL ORDER
Learned Additional State Public Prosecutor on instructions
and verification would submit that the charges are already
framed by the trial Court, the matter is at the stage of trial in
C.C.No.3166/2025 and the petition would not be entertainable
at this juncture.
2. In the light of the aforesaid submission, the
entertainment of the petition under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C.,
at this juncture, will run foul of the judgment of the Apex Court
in the case of MINAKSHI BALA V. SUDHIR KUMAR reported
in (1994) 4 SCC 142. Therefore, reserving liberty to the
petitioners to challenge the charge sheet so filed, the petition
stands disposed.
Registry is directed to return the original documents to
the petitioners, if they are filed by the petitioners.
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Pending application I.A.No.1/2025 is also disposed, as a
consequence.
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(M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE
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