Petition sought quashing of criminal proceedings for IPC offences. The State filed a memo recording that the petitioner had been acquitted after full-fledged trial; the court placed the memo on record and dismissed the petition as infructuous.
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NC: 2026:KHC-D:1480 CRL.P No. 101840 of 2021
HC-KAR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA,AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 3RD DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.SRISHANANDA
CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 101840 OF 2021
(482(CR.PC)/528(BNSS))
BETWEEN:
PRABHU S/O NINGANAGOUDA BIRADAR AGE. 58 YEARS, OCC. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, BELAGAVI R/O. HOUSE NO. 92, VISHVESHVAR NAGAR, NEAR TEGGINA SCHOOL, SUB JAIL ROAD, HUBBALLI.
…PETITIONER
(BY SRI. A.M. GUNDAWADE, ADVOCATE)
AND:
CHANDRASHEKAR LAXMAN KATTIMANI
Digitally signed by CHANDRASHEKAR LAXMAN KATTIMANI Date: 2026.02.04 12:57:39 +0530
(BY SMT. KIRTILATA R. PATIL, HCGP FOR R1; NOTICE SERVED TO R2)
…RESPONDENTS
THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 OF CR.P.C., PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PETITIONER IN HUBLI APMC P.S. CR.NO.25/2019, ARISING OUT OF P.C. NO.25/2019, ON THE FILE OF III ADDITIONAL SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC COURT, HUBBALLI, FOR THE ALLEGED OFFENCES U/S 323, 324, 420, 464, 465, 466, 469, 504, 506 R/W 34 OF IPC, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE.
THIS CRIMINAL PETITION COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
NC: 2026:KHC-D:1480 CRL.P No. 101840 of 2021
HC-KAR
ORAL ORDER
(PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.SRISHANANDA)
respondent No.1 has filed a memo stating that the petitioner herein has been acquitted after a full-fledged trial.
Sd/(V.SRISHANANDA) JUDGE
AC, CT:CMU LIST NO.: 1 SL NO.: 24
1 issue framed by the court
Whether proceedings against the petitioner in Crime No.25/2019 should be quashed under Section 482 Cr.P.C.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Prabhu S/o Ninganagouda Biradar
State of Karnataka, through APMC Navanagar P.S., Hubballi
Yallappa S/o Bhimappa Vaggar
V.Srishananda
As recorded by the court registry
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