Harendra v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru (NC: 2025:KHC:29929), CRL.P No. 9382 of 2025, decided 01.08.2025 by Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar. Six petitioners (accused Nos.1-6: Harendra, Manohar, Bagath R.M., Pradeep Kumar R H, Kranthi Kumar R.A, Bose R.A.; counsel B.M. Arun for Nataraj Baba K.) sought quashing under S.482 Cr.P.C./S.528 BNSS of the charge sheet in Crime No.8/2013 (Anugondanahalli Police Station), C.C.No.594/2013, Prl. Civil Judge & JMFC Hosakote, for offences under Ss.143, 147, 341, 323, 324, 504, 506 r/w 149 IPC. Respondents: State of Karnataka (HCGP Channappa Erappa) and de facto complainant M Venkatesh (counsel Shreeram Thimmapa Nayak for S. Sunil Kumar). Eye-witnesses CW2-CW4 turned hostile; complainant unexamined; respondent No.2 gave no objection; earlier Crl.P.No.2199/2025 (disposed 25.02.2025) no bar. Result: partly allowed - proceedings quashed qua accused Nos.2-6 only; continue against accused No.1; FIR not quashed. No precedents cited.