Criminal petition to quash a charge sheet in a CBI case. Petitioners were absent; the court noted from the trial court order sheet that the accused had pleaded guilty and been convicted, rendering the petition infructuous.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 9TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.NATARAJAN CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 5359 OF 2022
BETWEEN:
Digitally signed by V KRISHNA Location: High Court of Karnataka
D/O PRABHAT KUMAR ARUN, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, R/A FLAT NO.B-903, RAJ VAIBHAV BUILDINGS, PRADHUMAN GREEN CITY APARTMENTS, KALVAD ROAD, RAJKOT, GUJARAT - 360 005, PERMANENT ADDRESS OF HOUSE NO.101, KANKARBAGH, TEACHERS COLONY, PATNA - 800 020.
…PETITIONERS
(BY SRI. RAGHU. H, ADVOCATE)
AND:
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3RD FLOOR, RAJAJI BHAVAN, BESANT NAGAR, CHENNAI - 600 090.
…RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI. P. PRASANNA KUMAR, ADVOCATE FOR R1)
THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 OF CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PRAYING TO A. QUASH THE CHARGE SHEET IN C.C.NO.11328/2019 PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE XVII ADDITIONAL CHIEF METROPOLITAN MAGISTRATE, BANGALORE (SPECIAL COURT FOR CBI CASES) PRODUCED HEREWITH AS ANNEXURE-B.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
1. Petitioners remained absent.
2. Respondents' counsel submits that the petition
become infructuous since the petitioner pleaded guilty before the Trial Court and has been convicted and sentence was passed by the Trial Court against the petitioners who are accused Nos.5 and 6.
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is produced, which disclose that accused Nos.1, 2, 3 and 5
are pleaded guilty. In view of the same, the petition having become infructuous and the same is disposed of.
Sd/JUDGE
SNC List No.: 2 Sl No.: 24 CT: BHK
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Abhishesk Kumar Keshri
Khushboo
Central Bureau of Investigation, through Inspector of Police, CBI/EOB/Chennai
S. Sreepathy
K.Natarajan
As recorded by the court registry
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