Guruprasad v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC criminal petition dismissed as not pressed after charge-sheet filing; bail sought under S.439 Cr.P.C./S.483 BNSS in POCSO case (Ss.7, 8 POCSO Act; S.75 BNS), Crime No. 123/2025, Vitla Police Station, Bantwala, D.K. District; case before Addl. District and Sessions Judge, FTSC I (POCSO), Mangaluru; petitioner Guruprasad; respondents State of Karnataka (Vitla PS) and Chandrika; advocates Dhananjay Kumar (petitioner) and Pushpalatha, Addl. SPP (R-1); single-judge bench of Justice Shivashankar Amaranannavar; oral order dated 16 December 2025; withdrawal memo; no monetary quantum; no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
In view of the memo filed by learned counsel for the petitioner seeking withdrawal of the petition (the respondent police having filed the charge sheet), the petition is dismissed as not pressed. ¶36