The High Court of Karnataka, on a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing an FIR alleging offences under Sections 354A and 506 IPC, dismissed the petition. The Court held that the allegations required investigation and found no ground to quash the complaint at this stage.
PRAYER FOR QUASHING OF FIR REGISTRATION IS REJECTED.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 13TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021
BEFORE
THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SREENIVAS HARISH KUMAR
CRIMINAL PETITION No.8867 OF 2021
BETWEEN
Sri Kemparaju, S/o Puttamadappa Shetty, Aged about 46 years, R/at No.1750, Near GPHS, Kallahalli, Mandya-571401.
…Petitioner
(By Sri M.Lakshmikantha, Advocate)
AND
…Respondents
(By Sri Mahesh Shetty, HCGP for R1)
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This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., praying to quash the FIR registered in Cr.No.37/2021 entire proceedings against the petitioner pending on the file of the 37th ACMM, Bengaluru for alleged offence punishable under Section 354A, 506 of IPC.
This Criminal Petition coming on for admission , this day, the Court made the following:
ORDER
Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner.
No.37/2021 registered against him for the offences
under sections 354A and 506 IPC.
police about sexual harassment meted out to her while she was working as a clerk in the Court of Small
Causes, where the petitioner was also working as FDC. It is alleged that the petitioner resorted to take liberty with the second respondent as she had lost her
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husband. It is stated that the petitioner threatened the second respondent to initiate action under section 138 of N.I.Act making use of a cheque that he had obtained from the second respondent. Therefore these allegations need to be investigated into. At this stage, I don’t find any reason to quash the FIR. Petition is dismissed.
In view of dismissal of the petition, I.A.1/2021
does not survive for consideration.
Sd/JUDGE
sd
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the FIR registered for sexual harassment and attempt to intimidate should be quashed at the admission stage?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Sri Kemparaju
State of Karnataka
Smt. Rajamma
SREENIVAS HARISH KUMAR
As recorded by the court registry
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