Mr Susanta Barman Roy v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; CRL.P No. 14299 of 2024; decided 11 March 2026 by Justice M.Nagaprasanna; petition under S.482 Cr.PC / S.528 BNSS by parents-in-law (Susanta Barman Roy and Chandana) to quash FIR Crime No. 89/2024 (South East Women P.S., transferred to Whitefield Women P.S.) registered under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and Section 85 of the BNS, 2023, and to restrain coercive action; petition disposed as withdrawn on counsel's Memo after charge-sheet filing; I.A.No.2 of 2025 also disposed; no merits adjudicated; no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed as withdrawn in terms of the Memo filed by counsel (which sought permission to withdraw with liberty reserved to file a fresh petition); I.A.No.2 of 2025 also stands disposed. The prayers to quash the FIR and restrain coercive action were not adjudicated.