Arvind Patil Ex Mla v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; single bench of S Sunil Dutt Yadav, J.; order dated 18 December 2025 in CRL.P No. 13056 of 2024. Petitioner Arvind Patil (Ex. MLA, Khanapur, Belagavi); respondent State of Karnataka by Khanapur P.S. Petition under S.482 Cr.P.C./S.528 BNSS sought quashing of order dated 09.03.2020 in PCR No.210/2018 (Prl. Civil Judge and JMFC, Khanapura) and entire proceedings in C.C.No.9159/2022 (XLII Addl. CMM and Special Court for MPs/MLAs cases triable by Magistrate). After trial-court acquittal dated 06/06/2025 in C.C.No.9159/2022, petition held infructuous and dismissed as not pressed; no merits adjudication, no costs or directions recorded.
What did the court decide?
In light of the memo recording that the accused has been acquitted in C.C.No.9159/2022 by judgment dated 06/06/2025, rendering the petition infructuous, the petition is dismissed as not pressed; no adjudication was made on the quashing prayer.