Dismissed¶39
Mareppa B v. the State of Karnataka
Karnataka HCCRL.P/10027/2021
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Section 482 CrPC quashing petition dismissed as infructuous; acquittal on 13.09.2024 in C.C.No.2234/2021 before II Addl. Civil Judge and J.M.F.C., Harihar; FIR Cr.No.103/2021 of Malebennur P.S., Davanagere; offences under Section 269 IPC and Sections 79 and 80 of the Karnataka Police Act; petitioners were KEB linemen, meter readers and van driver; respondent State of Karnataka (HCGP Soumya R.); High Court of Karnataka, Justice Ravi V Hosmani, order dated 16 June 2026.
What did the court decide?
The petition was dismissed as having become infructuous because the challenged proceedings in CC no.2234/2021 had already ended in an order of acquittal on 13.09.2024, as recorded in the memo filed by the learned HCGP, which the court took on record. ¶39