Smt Shakila P Shetty v. Sri M S Srikantha
Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2025:KHC:45883 | CRL.P No. 13784 of 2025 | High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru | Decided 11-11-2025 | Mohammad Nawaz, J. | Shakila P. Shetty v. M. S. Srikantha | Quashment sought under S.482 Cr.PC / S.528 BNSS of S.138 N.I. Act complaint (CC No.277/2021, Civil Judge & JMFC, Koppa, filed 2021 under S.200 CrPC) | Complainant/PW1 absent on several dates (contended: nearly 30 times); repeated adjournments causing prejudice to accused ready to cross-examine | Directions for expeditious disposal within three months | Liberty to invoke S.279 BNSS 2023 / S.256 Cr.P.C. on continued unjustified absence of complainant | Petition and I.A.Nos.1/2025, 2/2025 disposed of | No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with directions: trial Court to endeavour to dispose of CC No.277/2021 as far as possible within three months of receipt of a copy of the order; liberty left to the trial Court to exercise power under Section 279 BNSS, 2023 (Section 256 Cr.P.C.) if the complainant remains continuously absent without justification; I.A.No.1/2025 and I.A.No.2/2025 disposed of.