Sri. M Varadaraya Prabhu v. Sri Vedavyasa Kamath
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; CRL.P No. 8350 of 2023 (482(Cr.PC) / 528(BNSS)); petitioner M Varadaraya Prabhu (adv. K. Ravishankar); respondent Vedavyasa Kamath, MLA Mangaluru South (adv. Suyog Herele E.); quashing petition under S.482 Cr.P.C against C.C.No.85/2023 for offences u/s 500 and 501 IPC before JMFC (II Court) Mangaluru D.K.; petition disposed of as infructuous after memo reporting petitioner's demise; no finding on merits; decided 6 June 2025 by Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar.
What did the court decide?
Upon a memo filed by learned counsel for the petitioner reporting the petitioner's demise being placed on record, the criminal petition was disposed of as having become infructuous; the merits of the quashing prayer were not adjudicated. ¶¶26