Chandrappa H .Y v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka; NC: 2025:KHC:35552; CRL.P No. 12298 of 2023; Justice J.M. Khazi; Section 482 Cr.PC; Section 528 BNSS; quashing of charge sheet; C.C.No.1798/2018; Principal Civil Judge and JMFC Anekal; Sarjapura Police Station; IPC Sections 465, 468, 471, 420, 120B (forgery, forgery of valuable security/document, using forged document as genuine, cheating, criminal conspiracy); dismissal for default; non-prosecution; petitioners absent; office objections not complied; conditional order dated 07.07.2025; State of Karnataka; Basava Reddy; Chandrappa H.Y.; A Abhilash; advocate Jeevan K absent; HCGP Vinay Mahadevaiah.
What did the court decide?
The criminal petition is dismissed for default: despite the conditional order dated 07.07.2025 granting two weeks to comply with office objections, the objections were not complied with, there was no representation for the petitioners in either session, and the Court found that the petitioners appeared not interested in prosecuting the matter.