Shri.Siddesh @ Sagar Irappa Kagatidesai v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of FIR and charge-sheet; non-cognizable offences under Sections 504 and 506 read with Section 34 IPC; investigation and registration without Magistrate's permission under Section 155 Cr.P.C.; FIR registration without such permission held bad in law; Murgod Police Station Crime No.189/2019 (Kittur Police Station Crime No.60/2019) and proceedings in CC No.1371/2019, I Additional JMFC Saundatti, quashed so far as petitioner/Accused No.1 concerned; petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. allowed; CRL.P No.100089 of 2020; High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench; decided 03.03.2025; Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar.
What did the court decide?
The FIR in Murgod Police Station Crime No.189/2019 (Kittur Police Station Crime No.60/2019), the charge-sheet filed in the said crime, and the proceedings in CC No.1371/2019 pending on the file of the I Additional JMFC, Saundatti, so far as the petitioner is concerned, are quashed.