Mangala Shrikanth Sogi v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Dharwad Bench; CRL.P No.101377 of 2020; decided 08-04-2025 by Shivashankar AmaranNavar J. Petitioners: Mangala Shrikanth Sogi, Gangamma Ishwargouda Patil, Sushila Bapugouda Marigoudra, Mallangouda Ishwargouda Patil (Adv. Aravind D. Kulkarni). Respondents: State of Karnataka (Adv./AGA Ramesh B. Chigari) and Pradeep Kumar @ Pradeep Hiregoudra (Adv. Vidyashankar G. Dalwai). Subject: S.482 Cr.P.C. quashing of order dated 09/05/2019 in C.C. No.464/2019, II Court JMFC Hubballi, for offences under SS.447, 504, 506 r/w 34 IPC. Outcome: petition dismissed as withdrawn on counsel's memo after parties settled out of court; compounding application before Trial Court had been kept in abeyance due to interim stay. No merits decided; no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
On the memo filed by learned counsel for the petitioners seeking withdrawal of the petition (following an out-of-court settlement between the parties), the criminal petition is dismissed as withdrawn. The merits of the quashing prayer were not adjudicated.