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Gundappa v. the State of Karnataka

Karnataka HC11 Jun 2025CRL.P/200561/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Withdrawal memo; petition dismissed as withdrawn; not pressed; not maintainable; quashing prayer unadjudicated; Section 528 BNSS 2023; 482 Cr.PC annotation; Sections 3 and 7 Essential Commodities Act 1995; FIR dated 24.08.2022; Crime No.56/2022 Hulsoor Police Station, Bidar; C.C No.4622/2023 Addl. Civil Judge and JMFC Basavakalyan; food inspector Pradeep Masgale; State of Karnataka/HCGP; Gundappa Nanjwade; Karnataka High Court Kalaburagi Bench; Justice V Srishananda; June 2025.

What did the court decide?

Petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for; the prayer to quash the proceedings was not adjudicated. ¶¶37

Gundappa Vs the State of Karnataka — Karnataka HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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NC: 2025:KHC-K:3032 CRL.P No. 200561 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 11^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.200561 OF 2025

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

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BETWEEN:

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MR. GUNDAPPA S/O NAGAPPA @ NAGANATH NANJWADE, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, # 6/137, R/O HULSOOR, TQ. HULSOOR, DIST. BIDAR - 585 416.

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…PETITIONER

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(BY SRI AMARNATH, ADVOCATE)

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AND:

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Digitally signed by RENUKA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

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THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, THROUGH HULSOOR POLICE STATION, HULSOOR-585 327, REPRESENTED BY ADDL. SPP, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, KALABURAGI-585 107.

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PRADEEP MASGALE, S/O SIDRAMAPPA MASGALE, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, OCC: FOOD INSPECTOR, TAHSIL OFFICE, HULSOOR-585416.

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…RESPONDENTS

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(BY SRI JAMADAR SHAHABUDDIN, HCGP)

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2 - NC: 2025:KHC-K:3032 CRL.P No. 200561 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 528 OF BNSS, 2023 PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS, CHARGE SHEET AND FIR DATED 24.08.2022 VIDE CRIME NO.56/2022 HULSOOR POLICE STATION, HULSOOR, DIST. BIDAR UNDER SECTIONS 3 AND 7 OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1995 IN C.C NO.4622/2023 PENDING ON THE FILE OF ADDL. CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC COURT AT BASAVAKALYAN.

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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 the arguments for some time,

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learned counsel for the petitioner files a memo.