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Smt. Sujata W/O Devashees Das v. the State of Karnataka

Karnataka HC18 Aug 2025CRL.P/100881/2023

Case brief

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What is this about?

Keywords: quashing of FIR; Section 482 Cr.P.C.; 528 BNSS classification; dismissal as not pressed; charge sheet separately challenged in Criminal Petition No.100186 of 2024; interim order; offences under Sections 498A, 323, 417, 504, 506 r/w Section 34 IPC; accused Nos.2 and 3; Belagavi City Women P.S. Crime No.17/2023; JMFCII Court, Belagavi; High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench; Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty; decided 18 August 2025; NC: 2025:KHC-D:10372; contentions left open.

What the court decided

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Smt. Sujata W/O Devashees Das Vs the State of Karnataka — Dowry and Cruelty | Karnataka HC (2025)

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NC: 2025:KHC-D:10372 CRL.P No. 100881 of 2023

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HC-KAR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH

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DATED THIS THE 18^TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2025

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BEFORE

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.VISHWAJITH SHETTY

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 100881 OF 2023 (482(CR.PC)/528(BNSS))

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BETWEEN:

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SMT. SUJATA W/O DEVASHEES DAS, AGE. 62 YEARS, OCC. HOUSEHOLD, R/O. H.NO.04, 1^ST CROSS, BINNY LAYOUT, VIJAY NAGAR EXTN., BENGALURU.

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SHRI DEVASHEES DAS, AGE. 68 YEARS, OCC. SERVICE, R/O. H.NO.04, 1^ST CROSS, BINNY LAYOUT, VIJAY NAGAR EXTN., BENGALURU.

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… PETITIONERS

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(BY SRI. PRASHANT F. GOUDAR, ADVOCATE)

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AND:

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Digitally signed by RAKESH S RAKESH HARIHAR S Location: HIGHCOURT OF HARIHAR KARNATAKA DHARWAD BENCH

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THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, WOMEN POLICE STATION, BELAGAVI CITY, (KHADEBAZAR BELAGAVI SUB-DIVISION), R/BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH, DHARWAD-580 011.

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SMT. RUCHI W/O DEVANSH DAS, AGE. 33 YEARS, OCC. HOUSE WIFE, R/O. H.NO.04, 1^ST CROSS, BINNI LAYOUT, VIJAY NAGAR EXTN., NOW AT TRINETRA APARTMENT, SOMWARPETH, TILAKWADI, BELAGAVI-590 001.

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… RESPONDENTS

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(BY SMT. GIRIJA S. HIREMATH, HCGP FOR R1; SRI. PRASHANT S. KADADEVAR, ADVOCATE FOR R2)

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NC: 2025:KHC-D:10372 CRL.P No. 100881 of 2023

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HC-KAR

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THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 OF CR.P.C. PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR AND COMPLAINT IN BELAGAVI CITY WOMEN P.S. CRIME NO.17/2023, DATED 15/02/2023 OF KHADEBAZAR BELAGAVI, SUB-DIVISION ON THE FILE OF THE JMFCII COURT, BELAGAVI REGISTERED FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 498A, 323, 417, 504, 506 R/W SECTION 34 OF IPC IN RESPECT OF PETITIONERS I.E., ACCUSED NOS.2 AND 3, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY.

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THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR FINAL HEARING THIS DAY, ORDER IS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

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ORAL ORDER

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(PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.VISHWAJITH SHETTY)

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This petition is filed challenging the FIR, which

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was registered against the petitioners.

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Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that after investigation is completed, charge sheet is already filed and the same is separately challenged by the petitioners in Criminal Petition No.100186 of 2024, in which there is an interim order. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in view of the aforesaid, this petition may be dismissed as not pressed.

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