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Sri a Manjunatha Reddy v. the State of Karnataka

Karnataka HC19 Jan 2026CRL.P/14980/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

FIR quashing petition; Section 482 Cr.P.C.; Section 528 BNNS; BNS 2023 Sections 115(2), 126(2), 351(2), 352; Crime No.0185/2025; HSR Layout Police Station; XXXIX Addl. CJM Bangalore; charge sheet filed during pendency; petition infructuous; liberty to challenge charge sheet; petition disposed; I.A.No.1/2025 disposed; respondent No.2 wife of petitioner; Karnataka High Court; Justice M. Nagaprasanna; decided 19-01-2026.

What did the court decide?

Liberty reserved to the petitioner to challenge the charge sheet or avail such remedy as is available in law; I.A.No.1/2025 disposed as a consequence. No relief on the quashing prayer, which was not adjudicated. ¶34

Sri a Manjunatha Reddy Vs the State of Karnataka — Karnataka HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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NC: 2026:KHC:2999 CRL.P No. 14980 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 19^TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026

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BEFORE

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 14980 OF 2025

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BETWEEN:

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SRI A.MANJUNATHA REDDY AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS S/O ANANTHARAMA REDDY R/AT NO. 30/2, LAKSHMI NILAYA SHIVAJOTHI LAYOUT OPP. VIBGYOR HIGH SCHOOL ROYAL PLACIDE LAYOUT HSR BANGALORE CITY BENGALURU – 560 102.

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…PETITIONER

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(BY SRI JAGADEESHA P., ADVOCATE)

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AND:

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Digitally signed by NAGAVENI Location: High Court of Karnataka

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THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY HSR LAYOUT POLICE STATION ELECTRONIC SUB-DIVISION REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA BENGALURU – 560 001.

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SMT. K.SHALINI AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS W/O A.MANJUNATHA REDDY R/AT NO.30/2, LAKSHMI NILAYA

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NC: 2026:KHC:2999 CRL.P No. 14980 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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SHIVAJOTHI LAYOUT OPP. VIBGYOR HIGH SCHOOL ROYAL PLACIDA LAYOUT HSR BANGALORE CITY BENGALURU – 560 102.

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…RESPONDENTS

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(BY SRI B.N.JAGADEESHA, ADDL SPP FOR R1)

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THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNNS) PRAYING TO QUASH FIR IN CRIME NO.0185/2025 INITIATED IN SO FAR AS PETITIONER IS CONCERNED FOR AN OFFENCE P/U/S 115(2), 126(2), 351(2) AND 352 OF BNS 2023, REGISTERED IN CRIME NO.0185/2025, OF HSR LAYOUT POLICE STATION, BANGALORE CITY, PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE XXXIX ADDL.CJM, BANGALORE CITY.

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THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY,

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ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA

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ORAL ORDER

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Learned Additional State Public Prosecutor on verification

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of the records submits that the petition has become infructuous on the score that the police have filed the charge sheet.