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Smt Anitha F Dsouza v. State of Karnataka

Karnataka HC5 Dec 2025WP/33283/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Keywords: writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; quashing of FIR; FIR dated 28.10.2025; Hanumanth Nagar Police Station / Hanumanthanagar Police Station; SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 Sections 31R, 31S; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; Section 528 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; Mohammad Nawaz, J.; GM-RES; memo seeking permission to withdraw; certiorari; no merits adjudication; petitioners Anitha F Dsouza, Raghavan, Aviram Sharma (Basavanagudi, Bengaluru); Respondent No. 2 Kanya Naik (Shivamogga); Addl. SPP Jagadeesha B.N; counsel Badri Vishal.

What did the court decide?

No relief on merits; petition dismissed as withdrawn pursuant to the petitioners' memo seeking permission to withdraw. ¶30

Smt Anitha F Dsouza Vs State of Karnataka — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2025)

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NC: 2025:KHC:51433 WP No. 33283 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 5^TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025

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BEFORE

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ

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WRIT PETITION NO. 33283 OF 2025 (GM-RES)

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BETWEEN:

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SMT. ANITHA F DSOUZA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, OCC: PRINCIPAL BMS COLLEGE OF LAW AT BULL TEMPLE ROAD, BASAVANAGUDI BENGALURU - 560 019.

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SHRI. RAGHAVAN AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, OCC: ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR AT BULL TEMPLE ROAD, BASAVANAGUDI BENGALURU - 560 019.

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Digitally signed by LAKSHMI T Location: High Court of Karnataka

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SHRI. AVIRAM SHARMA AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, OCC: CHAIRMAN AT BULL TEMPLE ROAD, BASAVANAGUDI BENGALURU - 560 019.

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…PETITIONERS

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(BY SRI. BADRI VISHAL, ADVOCATE)

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AND:

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STATE OF KARNATAKA THROUGH HANUMANTHANAGAR POLICE STATION, BY HIGH COURT GOVERNMENT PLEADER BENGALURU - 560 001.

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SHRI. KANYA NAIK AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS,

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NC: 2025:KHC:51433 WP No. 33283 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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R/AT NARAYANAPURA VILLAGE SOWLANGA POST, SHIVAMOGGA TALUK, SHIVAMOGGA - 577 201

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…RESPONDENTS

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(BY SRI. JAGADEESHA B.N, ADDL. SPP FOR R1)

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THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA R/W SECTION 528 OF THE BHARATIYA NAGRIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023 AND TO A. ISSUE WRIT IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARI, QUASHING THE FIR DATED 28.10.2025 REGISTERED BEFORE THE HANUMANTH NAGAR POLICE STATION, FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 31R . 31S OF THE SCHEDULED CASTES AND THE SCHEDULED TRIBES (PREVENTION OF ATROCITIES) ACT, 1989, AGAINST THE PETITIONERS. ANNEXURE-A AND ETC.,

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

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ

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ORAL ORDER

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Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a memo seeking permission of the Court to withdraw the petition.

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