Sri Mohammad Rafik S/O Sharif Sab v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing petition under S.482 Cr.P.C. dismissed as infructuous after disposal of main matter before Trial Court; Karnataka High Court, Dharwad Bench; CRL.P No. 101577 of 2023; Justice V. Srishananda; decided 29-01-2026; offences under Essential Commodities Act 1995 s.7-3, Insecticides Act s.29, Fertilizer (Control) Order s.7; Crime No. 70/2021, T B Police Station; C.C.No. 580/2022, Civil Judge and JMFC H.B. Halli Ballari; National Judicial Data Grid verification; petitioners/accused Nos. 1 and 2 Mohammad Rafik and Chandru Gouda; advocate B. C. Jnanayya Swami; purely procedural disposal, no merits ruling, no precedent discussed; value limited to the procedural point that a pending quashing petition becomes infructuous once the underlying trial concludes.
What did the court decide?
The criminal petition is dismissed as it has rendered infructuous in view of the disposal of the main matter before the Trial Court.