Manikant Rathod v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Quash of FIR; maintainability of second criminal petition for identical prayer; bar where earlier petition Crl.P.No.201129/2023 pending with interim order; petitioner absent despite case called twice; Section 528 BNSS 2023; Sections 469 and 505(1)(b) IPC; Crime No.113/2023, Chowk Police Station, Kalaburagi; III Additional Civil Judge and JMFC Kalaburagi; Manikant Rathod v. State of Karnataka & Anr.; CRL.P No. 200793 of 2025; Justice V Srishananda; High Court of Karnataka, Kalaburagi Bench; dated 03-06-2025; dismissed as not maintainable.
What did the court decide?
Where the very same petitioner has already filed another criminal petition (Crl.P.No.201129/2023) whose prayer is practically one and the same as that of the present petition, and an interim order exists in the earlier petition, a second petition for the same prayer is not permissible; accordingly, the present petition was dismissed as not maintainable.