Marenna @ Marenna and Ors. v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal for non-prosecution of a quashing petition under Section 482 Cr.PC / Section 528 BNSS Act-2023 due to petitioners' failure to cooperate in curing office objections. Keywords: Section 482 Cr.PC; Section 528 BNSS Act 2023; quashing of proceedings; dismissal for non-prosecution; office objections; C.C.No.159/2023 Senior Civil Judge and JMFC Jewargi; Crime No.252/2022 Jewargi P.S.; complaint by Respondent No.2 Sharanamma W/o Tipanna Talawar; petitioners Marenna, Shivalingamma, Mallikarjun, Suresh (Talavar/Talawar family); State of Karnataka by Jewargi PS; Tahasildar Jewargi; High Court of Karnataka Kalaburagi Bench; V Srishananda J; 10 June 2025. Of use only as an instance of non-prosecution dismissal; no precedent value on the merits of quashing.
What did the court decide?
The criminal petition was dismissed for non-prosecution, learned counsel having placed on record that there was no cooperation from the petitioners to cure the office objections despite repeated request; the merits of the quashing prayer were not adjudicated.