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Preetiraj v. the State and Anr.

Karnataka HC6 Jun 2025CRL.P/200118/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Quash FIR; withdrawal memo; not pressed; liberty to agitate after completion of investigation; Section 528 BNSS inherent power; Section 482 Cr.PC; Section 7(b) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Amendment Act 2018; Lokayukta Police Station Kalaburagi; Crime No.19/2024; PDO Kavalaga(B) Gram Panchayat; Special Judge and Principal Sessions Court Kalaburagi; Criminal Petition No.200118/2025; High Court of Karnataka Kalaburagi Bench; Justice V. Srishananda; dated 06-06-2025.

What did the court decide?

Petition dismissed as not pressed with liberty as prayed for, i.e., liberty to agitate the same after completion of investigation. ¶¶41

Preetiraj Vs the State and Anr. — Corruption | Karnataka HC (2025)

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NC: 2025:KHC-K:2893 CRL.P No. 200118 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

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KALABURAGI BENCH

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DATED THIS THE 6^TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025

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BEFORE

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO.200118/2025

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(482(Cr.PC)/528(BNSS))

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BETWEEN:

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Digitally signed by SUMITRA SHERIGAR Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

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SMT. PREETIRAJ W/O. DIGAMBAR TRIMUKHE, AGE: 40 YEARS, OCC: PDO KAVALAGA(B) GRAM PANCHAYAT, TQ. & DIST. KALABURAGI, R/O. PLOT NO.255, JANANI ANUGRAHA, DARIYAPURA LAYOUT, KALABURAGI-585 101.

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(BY SRI AVINASH A. UPLAONKAR, ADVOCATE)

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…PETITIONER

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AND:

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THE STATE, THROUGH LOKAYUKTA POLICE STATION, KALABURAGI, DIST.KALABURAGI NOW REPRESENTED BY SPECIAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, LOKAYUKTA,

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NC: 2025:KHC-K:2893 CRL.P No. 200118 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AT KALABURAGI – 585 107.

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GURUSIDDAYYA

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S/O CHANDRAYYA STHAVARMATH, AGE:29 YEARS, OCC: PUMP - OPERATOR KAVALAGA(B) GRAM PANCHAYAT, TQ. & DIST. KALABURAGI, R/O. KAVALAGA(B) VILLAGE, TQ. & DIST.KALABURAGI – 585 265.

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…RESPONDENTS

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(BY SRI SUBHASH MALLAPUR, ADVOCATE, FOR R1; R2-SERVED)

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THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 528 OF BNSS, PRAYING TO EXERCISE THE INHERENT POWER UNDER SECTION 528 OF BNSS, EXAMINE THE RECORDS AND QUASH THE FIR AND COMPLAINT IN CRIME NO.19/2024 LOKAYUKTA POLICE STATION, KALABURAGI, DIST. KALABURAGI, FOR THE OFFENCES UNDER SECTION 7(b) OF PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988, AND AMENDMENT ACT, 2018, PENDING BEFORE THE SPECIAL JUDGE AND PRINCIPAL SESSIONS COURT, KALABURAGI.

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THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. SRISHANANDA

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ORAL ORDER

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(PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. SRISHANANDA)

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After addressing argument for some time, a memo

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came to be filed seeking withdrawal of the petition as not pressed.

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NC: 2025:KHC-K:2893 CRL.P No. 200118 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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2. The memo reads as under:

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“That, the petition filed by the petitioner be kindly dismissed as not pressed for the present with a liberty to agitate the same after completion of investigation.

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The memo be kindly accepted as part of the record.

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Hence this memo.”

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