Arjun E R v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court criminal petition (CRL.P No. 2370 of 2023, decided 25-06-2025, Justice J.M. Khazi) dismissed as infructuous after counsel withdrew it as not pressed. The petition had sought quashing under S.482 Cr.PC of Crime No.22/2022 (offence under S.498(A) along with Ss.3 and 4 of the D.P. Act) registered by Chennamanakere Achukattu Police Station and pending as C.C.No.18610/2022 before the II ACMM Court, Bangalore; the withdrawal followed disposal of the trial-court case with acquittal of the accused. Keywords: S.482 Cr.PC / 528 BNSS, withdrawal memo, not pressed, infructuous dismissal, 498(A), D.P. Act, acquittal, Chennamanakere Achukattu Police Station, II ACMM Bangalore.
What did the court decide?
The memo filed by learned counsel for the petitioners seeking permission to withdraw the petition as not pressed was placed on record.