This order records the withdrawal of three criminal petitions filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash certain proceedings. The High Court dismissed the petitions as withdrawn upon a memo from counsel.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 9TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2020
BEFORE
THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JOHN MICHAEL CUNHA
CRIMINAL PETITION NO.5538 OF 2019
c/w
CRL.P.NO.6211/2019 & CRL.P.NO.6314/2019
In Crl.P.No.5538/2019:
BETWEEN:
K. Mehfuz Ali Khan S/o Iqbal Ali Khan Aged about 35 years, No.3 (Old No.23), Khan Manzil, 6th D Main Road, Appana Blk, Kowsarnagar, R.T. Nagar, Bengaluru – 560 032.
:PETITIONER
(By Sri Sunil Kumar S. Adv. For Sri Chandrashekar R.P. Adv.)
AND:
(Rep. by State SPP) High Court Building Complex Bengaluru-01.
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Aged about 38 years, SP, SIT, KLA Bengaluru – 560 042.
:RESPONDENTS
(By Sri Venkatesh S. Arabatti Spl. PP and Sri B.S. Prasad, Spl. PP)
THIS CRL.P. IS FILED U/S.482 CR.P.C. PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 17/07/2019 PASSED BY LEARNED LXXXI ADDL. CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU (CCH-82), IN SPL. C.C. NO.14/2019, REGISTERED AGAINST THE PETITIONER FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 379, 420 READ WITH S.120(B) OF IPC AND SECTIONS 21 AND 23 READ WITH 4(1)(A) OF MINES AND MINERALS (DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 1957, AND RULE 164 READ WITH RULE 144 OF THE KARNATAKA FOREST RULES, 1969.
In Crl.P.No.6211/2019:
BETWEEN:
G. Janardhan Reddy S/o Chenga Reddy, Aged about 51 years, No.2, Parijata Apartment, Chalukya Circle, Behind Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru – 560 001.
:PETITIONER
(By Sri Sunil Kumar S. Adv. For Sri Chandrashekar R.P. Adv.)
AND:
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Karnataka Lokayukta, Bengaluru. (Rep. by State SPP) High Court Building Complex Bengaluru-01.
(By Sri Venkatesh S. Arabatti Spl. PP and Sri B.S. Prasad, Spl. PP)
THIS CRL.P. IS FILED U/S.482 CR.P.C. PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 17/07/2019 PASSED BY LEARNED LXXXI ADDL. CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU (CCH-82), IN SPL. C.C. NO.14/2019, REGISTERED AGAINST THE PETITIONER FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 379, 420 READ WITH S.120(B) OF IPC AND SECTIONS 21 AND 23 READ WITH 4(1)(A) OF MINES AND MINERALS (DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 1957, AND RULE 164 READ WITH RULE 144 OF THE KARNATAKA FOREST RULES, 1969.
In Crl.P.No.6314/2019:
BETWEEN:
B.V. Srinivas Reddy S/o Venkat Reddy,
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Aged about 49 years, No.523, Embassy Woods Apartment, Cunningham Road, Bengaluru – 560 001.
:PETITIONER
(By Sri Sunil Kumar S. Adv. for Sri Chandrashekar R.P. Adv.)
AND:
(Rep. by SPL. P.P.) High Court Building Complex Bengaluru-01.
:RESPONDENTS
(By Sri Venkatesh S. Arabatti Spl. PP and Sri B.S. Prasad, Spl. PP)
THIS CRL.P. IS FILED U/S.482 CR.P.C. PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 17/07/2019 PASSED BY LEARNED LXXXI ADDL. CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU (CCH-82), IN SPL. C.C. NO.14/2019, REGISTERED AGAINST THE PETITIONER FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 379, 420 READ WITH S.120(B) OF IPC AND SECTIONS 21 AND 23 READ
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WITH 4(1)(A) OF MINES AND MINERALS (DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 1957, AND RULE 164 READ WITH RULE 144 OF THE KARNATAKA FOREST RULES, 1969.
THESE CRIMINAL PETITIONS COMING ON FOR ADMISSION THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCE / PHYSICAL HEARING THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners in
these criminal petitions has filed a memo for withdrawal.
The memo is placed on record.
In view of the said memo, the criminal petitions are dismissed as withdrawn.
Sd/-
sac*
K. Mehfuz Ali Khan
G. Janardhan Reddy
B.V. Srinivas Reddy
State of Karnataka
Kaushalendra Kumar
John Michael Cunha
As recorded by the court registry
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