Shantagouda v. J Veeraprasad
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka, Kalaburagi Bench; CRL.P No. 202075 of 2025 (482(Cr.PC)/528(BNSS)); Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum; decision dated 18.12.2025; Section 138 N.I. Act complaint dismissed for default; order dated 14.10.2025 in C.C No. 2166/2022, Principal Civil Judge and JMFC Shorapur; independent statutory remedy under Section 372 Cr.P.C. (appeal to District and Sessions Court); Celestium Financial Services (P) Ltd. v. A. Gnanasekaran & Others, 2025 SCC Online 1320; Deepak v. Manish Gupta, Crl.L.P.196/2022 (Delhi HC); petition transferred/remitted to District and Sessions Court; petitioner Shantagouda (Yadgir); respondent J. Veeraprasad (Koppal); advocate Nandkishore Boob; appearance directed on 10.2.2026.
What did the court decide?
Petition remitted to the jurisdictional District and Sessions Court/Appellate Court for consideration on merits; Registry directed to transmit the entire papers including the memorandum of petition; petitioner directed to appear before the learned District Court on 10.2.2026; liberty to amend the petition and invoke the appropriate statutory provision; petition stands disposed of for statistical purposes.