Sri. Sandeep G v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC, CRL.P No. 15005 of 2025 (M. Nagaprasanna J., 16-04-2026), partly allowed: FIR Crime No.157/2025 Moodabidre PS (offences under BNS ss.126(2),115(2),352,351(2),3(5); SC/ST Atrocities Act ss.3(1)(r),(s),3(2)(va); POCSO ss.8,12) — POCSO/BNS investigation must continue (S.482 CrPC/S.528 BNSS; detailed complaint; crime-stage interdiction unwarranted); Atrocities Act offences quashed qua petitioners for want of abuse 'within public view', per reliance on Karuppudayar v. State (2025 SCC OnLine SC 215) considering Hitesh Verma ((2020) 10 SCC 710) which discusses Swaran Singh ((2008) 8 SCC 435); interim stay by co-ordinate Bench still subsisting; liberty reserved on adverse final report.
What did the court decide?
Offences punishable under Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 3(2)(va) of the Atrocities Act in Crime No.157/2025 quashed qua the petitioners; investigation into the remaining offences (POCSO Act and BNS) shall ensue; liberty reserved to the petitioners to knock at the doors of the Court in the event a final report is filed and goes against them.