Smt Poornima Nelagali v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; CRL.P No. 525 of 2025 (482(Cr.PC)/528(BNSS)); decided 26 March 2025 by Justice Hemant Chandangoudar (single judge, oral order). Petition by Smt. Poornima Nelagali (AEE, PWD) to quash FIR in Crime No.05/2025 of Vidhana Soudha Police Station under Section 3(1)(r) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, pending before City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru (CCH 71). Held: ingredients of S. 3(1)(r) require intentional insult/intimidation with intent to humiliate a SC/ST member by a non-member in a place within public view; no allegation of caste-aware intentional insult; continuation of investigation would be abuse of process; FIR quashed, petition allowed. Keywords: quashing of FIR; Section 3(1)(r) SC/ST (POA) Act; intentional insult; intent to humiliate; place within public view; abuse of process; ex-parte respondent No.2.
What did the court decide?
FIR in Crime No.05/2025 registered by Vidhana Soudha Police Station, pending before the City Civil and Sessions Judge, City Civil Court, Bengaluru City (CCH 71), quashed.