Sanna Reddy Prasad Reddy v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; CRL.P No. 1146 of 2022 (NC: 2026:KHC:317); petitioners Sanna Reddy Prasad Reddy, Kondooru Chandra Mohan Reddy, Vakati Ranganath Reddy alias Vakati Ranganath and Druva Kumar Puligal v. State of Karnataka (Varthur Police Station, represented by SPP) and Ahishkumar; petition under S.482 Cr.P.C. praying to quash FIR Cr.No.292/2021 of Varthur Police, Bengaluru pending before ACJM Bengaluru for offences under Sections 406, 418, 420 r/w Section 149 IPC; dismissed as infructuous because charge sheet filed in 2022 was never challenged by petitioners; counsel's retirement memo dated 15.02.2023 accepted, counsel permitted to retire; bench: Hon'ble Mrs. Justice M G Uma; decision date 6 January 2026; no precedent cases cited; no quantum/amounts involved; keywords: quash FIR, Section 482 CrPC, charge sheet filed, infructuous, dismissed, counsel retire.
What did the court decide?
As the charge sheet was already filed in the year 2022 and was never challenged by the petitioners, the petition seeking to quash the FIR is rendered infructuous.