Muniswamy v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC Bengaluru, 11-08-2025, Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum, CRL.P No. 10426 of 2025 (NC: 2025:KHC:31003): quashing of charge-sheet refused under S.482 Cr.P.C. (filed also under S.528 BNSS); C.C.No.1320/2023, Crime No.61/2023, Addl. Civil Judge & JMFC Chikkaballapur; IPC 324, 323, 427, 447, 504, 506 r/w 34; accused Muniswamy and Pushpavathy V.; complainant Sagar Goud (employer, CDDEP India Pvt Ltd); Sy. Nos. 47 and 48 trespass attempt, stone-hurling, threats, gate lock broken, security guard assaulted, CCTV camera damaged; wound certificate enclosed with charge-sheet; suit rejected under Order VII Rule 11 CPC, appeal pending; prima facie triable case; criminal petition dismissed; pending applications disposed.
What did the court decide?
The contention that the dispute is purely civil in nature and that Respondent No.2 has sought to give it a criminal colour cannot be accepted at this stage.