Sri. Basheer Ahmed v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; Justice K. Natarajan; decided 25-01-2025; CRL.P No.3023/2024 c/w CRL.P No.3071/2023; quashing of FIR and charge-sheeted proceedings under Section 482 Cr.P.C. on joint compromise application and compounding of offences; case and counter case; offences under Sections 143, 147, 148, 323, 324, 354, 427, 447, 504, 506 r/w 149 IPC; Kunigal Police Station; Crime No.426/2022; C.C.No.4337/2023; Crime No.420/2022; Senior Civil Judge and JMFC Kunigal; Principal Civil Judge and JMFC Kunigal; Mallaghatta village, Kunigal Taluk, Tumkur district; accused No.1 dead.
What did the court decide?
Both criminal petitions allowed: the interim applications permitting compounding of the offences were allowed; criminal proceedings against accused Nos.2 to 13 in C.C.No.4337/2023 (Crime No.426/2022) were quashed, accused No.1 being dead; and criminal proceedings against accused Nos.1 to 10 in the companion petition were quashed (recorded in the operative order as arising out of Crime No.426/2022; the challenged FIR was Crime No.420/2022).