Kalpesh Kothari, v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC CRL.P No. 5194 of 2024 (NC: 2025:KHC:42358), J. Mohammad Nawaz, decided 25-10-2025. Quashing petition under s. 482 Cr.PC by Kothari family (Kalpesh Kothari s/o Dinesh Kothari; Dinesh Kothari; Bharathi Kothari w/o Dinesh Kothari; Shama Kothari d/o Dinesh Kothari) against FIR Crime No. 29/2024 of Mysuru City Women P.S. (file of 7th Addl. Civil Judge (JD) & JMFC Court, Mysuru) for offences under ss. 498A, 504, 506, 34 IPC read with ss. 3-4 Dowry Prohibition Act; respondents: State of Karnataka (Women Police Station, Mysore) and Smt. Sonam J Jain w/o petitioner 1. Counsel: Kanchanamala Desai (petitioners), Rahul Rai K. HCGP (R1), B.S. Lavanya (R2). Outcome: petition dismissed as withdrawn upon counsel's memo before any adjudication; no merits decision, no quantum.
What did the court decide?
The memo filed by the petitioners' counsel seeking to withdraw the petition was placed on record.