Venkatesh R v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC Bengaluru, CRL.P No. 1066 of 2025, decided 07-03-2025, Justice Hemant Chandangoudar. Section 482 Cr.PC quashing petition (also filed under Section 528 BNNS) against FIR Crime No.181/2024 of Indiranagar Police Station for offences under Sections 384 and 389 IPC (extortion/threat allegations by respondent Mahesh Shetty M). Parties appeared and filed compounding application with joint affidavit after amicable settlement; second respondent withdrew allegations and consented to quashing. Held: continued investigation would be futile and an abuse of the process of law; petition allowed; FIR quashed. Keywords: quash FIR, Section 482 CrPC, Sections 384 389 IPC, extortion, compounding, settlement, abuse of process.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the FIR in Crime No.181/2024 registered by the Indiranagar Police Station and the entire proceedings against the petitioner.