Zeeshan S/O Roufkhan Karikati v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka at Dharwad; CRL.P No. 105275 of 2025 (482(CR.PC)/528(BNSS)); Justice V. Srishananda; decided 02-02-2026. Petitioners Zeeshan, Abrar @ Sayed Abrar, Nadeem @ Nadeema and Masoom sought quashing of FIR/complaint in Dharwad Sub-Urban Police Station Crime No. 131/2025 (complainant: Mwamba Omwenga, Kenyan student) for offences u/ss 109, 115(2), 3(5), 126(2), 127(2), 118(1), 351(2), 352 BNS pending before Principal Civil Judge (Jr.Dn.) & JMFC, Dharwad. Amicable settlement and joint compounding application; offences non-compoundable yet quashed exercising S.528 BNSS power following Ramgopal and another v. State of Madhya Pradesh (2022) 14 SCC 531; proceedings quashed; petition disposed of. Keywords: compounding of non-compoundable offence; quashing of FIR on settlement; S.482 CrPC; S.528 BNSS; BNS offences; Ramgopal (2022) 14 SCC 531.
What did the court decide?
Compounding application allowed; petition disposed of; F.I.R and complaint in Crime No.131/2025 and all pending proceedings thereon before the Principal Civil Judge (Jr.Dn.) and JMFC, Dharwad quashed.