State of Karnataka Vs C Narayana — Corruption | Karnataka HC (2025)

State of Karnataka Vs C Narayana — Corruption | Karnataka HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Revision Petition disposed of in terms of the order dated 22.03.2025 passed in Crl.RP.no.975/2024 (which, per the undisputed submission recorded, remanded matters to the Trial Court for consideration of the sanction order given by the State and continuation of proceedings against the accused); the impugned order dated 15.11.2023 was not independently examined or set aside by this Court.

Issue for consideration

Whether the order dated 15.11.2023 passed in Spl.CC.No.107/2015 by the LXXVII Addl. City Civil and Sessions Judge / Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru City, should be set aside by allowing this revision petition filed under S.397 r/w 401 Cr.P.C (S.438 r/w 442 BNSS) by the State.

Court's answer

In view of the undisputed submission that the matter is squarely covered by this Court's decision in Crl.RP.no.975/2024, the Court followed the ratio laid down therein and disposed of the Revision Petition in terms of the order dated 22.03.2025 passed in that Revision Petition (under which matters were remanded to the Trial Court for consideration of the sanction order given by the State, with proceedings against the accused to continue). The Court made no independent examination of the sanction order or the trial-court order.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Karnataka (Ravi V Hosmani, J.), CRL.RP No. 1299 of 2024 (NC: 2025:KHC:45026), decided 06.11.2025: Filed by State of Karnataka (Bengaluru Metropolitan Task Force, PS CID) under S.397 r/w 401 Cr.P.C (S.438 r/w 442 BNSS) seeking to set aside the order dated 15.11.2023 in Spl.CC.No.107/2015 on the file of the LXXVII Addl. City Civil and Sessions Judge / Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru City, against four accused (retired/serving BBMP engineers C. Narayana, L.K. Shivananda, B.P. Paramesh and S.D. Shashikumar). The HCGP submitted that the matter was squarely covered by this Court's decision in Crl.RP.no.975/2024 and connected matters disposed of on 22.03.2025, whereby matters were remanded to the Trial Court for consideration of the sanction order given by the State and continuation of proceedings against the accused; respondents' counsel did not dispute this. Following the ratio laid down in Crl.RP.no.975/2024, the Revision Petition was disposed of in terms of the order dated 22.03.2025.

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NC: 2025:KHC:45026 CRL.RP No. 1299 of 2024

HC-KAR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 6^TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V HOSMANI

CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO. 1299 OF 2024

BETWEEN:

STATE OF KARNATAKA BY BENGALURU METROPOLITAN TASK FORCE, POLICE STATION C.I.D , BENGALURU REP. BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT BUILDING BENGALURU - 01.

…PETITIONER

(BY SRI. HARISH GANAPATHY, HCGP)

AND:

C. NARAYANA S/O CHANNAPPA AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS RETIRED EXECUTIVE ENGINEER SWD, BBMP, CHIEF ENGINEER OFFICE 4^TH BLOCK, SHOPPING COMPLEX JAYANAGARA,

Digitally signed by ANUSHA V Location: High Court of Karnataka

EARLIER EXECUTIVE ENGINEER OF RAJARAJESWARINAGAR DIVISION R/AT NO. 5/15, II MAIN ROAD BYATARAYANAPURA BENGALURU - 560 026.

L.K. SHIVANANDA S/O KEMPEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS RETIRED ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER R/AT NO. 405, 11^TH CROSS 14^TH MAIN ROAD,

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HC-KAR

J.P. NAGAR II PHASE, BENGALURU - 560 078.

B.P. PARAMESH S/O B.K. PUTTEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS ASSISTANT ENGINEER RAJARAJESHWARINAGARA SUB-DIVISION RAJARAJESHWARINAGARA DIVISION, BBMP

PRESENTLY BHOO SENE VIBHAGA JUNIOR ENGINEER NEAR CHINNASWAMY STADIUM RAJ BHAVAN ROAD, BENGALURU - 01 R/AT NO. 3009, 13^TH MAIN ROAD RPC LAYOUT, VIJAYANAGAR BENGALURU - 560 040 PERMANENT ADDRESS: BOODANURU GRAMA, KERALAPURA, ARAKALGUDU TALUK, HASSAN DISTRICT - 573 102.

S.D. SHASHIKUMAR S/O DEVEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS NO. 45/E, 14^TH MAIN ROAD 5^TH BLOCK, VIJAYANAGAR BENGALURU - 560 040

…RESPONDENTS

(BY SRI. PARAMESHWAR N HEGDE, ADVOCATE FOR R1; SRI. P.M. GOPI, ADVOCATE FOR R2; SRI. R. SWAROOP ANAND, ADVOCATE FOR R4; NOTICE TO R3 - SERVED AND UNREPRESENTED)

THIS CRL.RP IS FILED U/S 397 R/W 401 OF CR.P.C (U/S 438 R/W 442 BNSS) PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DTD 15.11.2023 PASSED IN SPL.CC.NO.107/2015 ON THE FILE OF COURT OF LXXVII ADDL. CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE AND THE SPECIAL JUDGE FOR TRYING OFFENCES UNDER THE PC ACT, AT BENGALURU CITY BY ALLOWING THIS REVISION PETITION.

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NC: 2025:KHC:45026 CRL.RP No. 1299 of 2024

HC-KAR

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V HOSMANI

ORAL ORDER

Learned High Court Government Pleader for petitioner submits matter is squarely covered by decision of this Court in Crl.RP.no.975/2024 and connected matters disposed of on

22.03.2025 remanding matter back to Trial Court for consideration of sanction order given by State and to continue proceedings against accused.

Learned counsel for respondents does not dispute

same.

In view of above submission, following ratio laid down by this Court in Crl.RP.no.975/2024, Revision Petition is disposed of in terms of order dated 22.03.2025 passed in said Revision Petition.

Sd/(RAVI V HOSMANI) JUDGE

HNM

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