Smt. Jyothi K N v. the State of Karnataka
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CRL.P No. 1536 of 2021; NC: 2025:KHC:42518; High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; Justice M.I. Arun; decided 27 October 2025. Section 482 Cr.P.C. quashing petition DISMISSED. FIR/complaint Crime No.10/2021, Saraswathipuram Police Station, Mysuru; offence under Sections 420 read with 34 IPC (cheating); case forwarded to III JMFC Court, Malalavdi, Mysuru City. Petitioners/accused: Jyothi K.N., Anantharamu K.N., Srikanth C.N. — members behind Amulya Multipurpose Souhardha Co-operative Limited; complainant: Basavaraju B.R. (respondent No.2), who paid Rs.1,55,000/- for a site neither allotted nor refunded. Defence: employee Madhukumar P. collected money in his individual capacity, cheating both complainant and society. Held: advertisement/brochure not disputed; society-issued receipts produced; whether payment was at the society's instance or clandestinely collected by Madhukumar P. is a matter of trial; documents showed amounts received by the society, so not fit for quashing. Counsel: M.T. Nanaiah, Senior Advocate (with Rachita Nanaiah M.) for petitioners; Vinay Mahadevaiah, HCGP for State; K.R. Krishnamurthy for respondent No.2.