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Chandrashekhar Kallappa Dashavant @ C K Dashavant v. the State of Karnataka

Karnataka HC3 Mar 2026CRL.P/1533/2026

Case brief

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What is this about?

Section 482 CrPC / Section 528 BNSS quashing petition disposed without quashing; C.C.No.8652/2019, IV A.C.M.M. Bengaluru City; Kodigehalli Police; IPC Sections 403, 409, 420, 471, 477(A); discharge application permitted; post-registration developments including Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal orders to be placed before trial court; liberty reserved to revisit High Court if discharge refused; petitioner Chandrashekhar Kallappa Dashavant @ C K Dashavant; respondents State of Karnataka and Executive Engineer, Byatarayanapura Division, B.B.M.P.; Justice M. Nagaprasanna; dated 03-03-2026.

What did the court decide?

Proceedings not quashed; petitioner permitted to file a discharge application before the trial court with liberty reserved to return to this Court if the discharge is not accepted. ¶37

Chandrashekhar Kallappa Dashavant @ C K Dashavant Vs the State of Karnataka — Karnataka HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Proceedings not quashed; petitioner permitted to file a discharge application before the trial court with liberty reserved to return to this Court if the discharge is not accepted.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the entire proceedings in C.C.No.8652/2019 (offences punishable under Sections 403, 409, 420, 471, 477(A) IPC) pending before the IV A.C.M.M., Bengaluru City, should be quashed against the petitioner under Section 482 CrPC.

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Court's answer

Instead of quashing the proceedings, the Court permitted the petitioner to file an application seeking discharge before the trial court and to bring to its notice all developments subsequent to the registration of the crime, including the orders passed by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal.

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Ratio / Principle

With the aforesaid observations, the criminal petition stands disposed of.

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Key takeaways

Liberty was reserved to the petitioner to approach this Court again in the event the discharge application is not accepted by the trial court.obiter¶36

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Criminal Petition CRL.P No. 1533 of 2026, High Court of Karnataka (M. Nagaprasanna J.), order dated 03-03-2026. Chandrashekhar Kallappa Dashavant @ C K Dashavant, aged about 77 years, filed the petition under Section 482 CrPC (now Section 528 BNSS) seeking quashing of the entire proceedings in C.C.No.8652/2019, registered by Kodigehalli Police for offences punishable under Sections 403, 409, 420, 471 and 477(A) IPC, pending before the IV A.C.M.M. at Bengaluru City (R-2: Executive Engineer, Byatarayanapura Division, B.B.M.P.). The Court did not quash the proceedings. It permitted the petitioner to file an application seeking discharge and to bring to the notice of the trial court all developments after registration of the crime, including the orders passed by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal, and reserved liberty to approach the High Court again if the discharge was not accepted. With these observations, the petition stood disposed.

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NC: 2026:KHC:12814 CRL.P No. 1533 of 2026

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HC-KAR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

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DATED THIS THE 3^RD DAY OF MARCH, 2026

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BEFORE

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 1533 OF 2026

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BETWEEN:

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CHANDRASHEKHAR KALLAPPA DASHAVANT @ C K DASHAVANT, S/O KALLAPPA DASHAVANT, AGED ABOUT 77 YEARS, NOW R/AT BHAGYALAKSHMI NIVAS, FLAT NO. 81/41, SHRI NAGAR COLONY, NEAR MANIKBAG, BIJAPUR 3 586 101.

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&PETITIONER

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(BY SRI. CHANDRASHEKAR H B, ADVOCATE)

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AND:

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Digitally signed by SANJEEVINI J KARISHETTY

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Location: High Court of Karnataka

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THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, BY KODIGEHALLI POLICE, REPRESENTED BY THE STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, HIGH COURT BUILDINGS, BANGALORE 3 560 001.

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THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, BYATARAYANAPURA DIVISION, B.B.M.P, BENGALURU 3 560 092.

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&RESPONDENTS

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(BY SRI. CHANNAPPA EARAPPA, HCGP FOR R-1)

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NC: 2026:KHC:12814 CRL.P No. 1533 of 2026

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HC-KAR

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THIS CRL.P FILED U/S 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNNS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PETITIONER IN C.C.NO.8652/2019 BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT POLICE PENDING ON THE FILE OF IV A.C.M.M AT BENGALURU CITY FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S 403, 409, 420, 471, 477(A) OF IPC AND ETC.

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THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, 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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Heard Sri.Chandrashekar H.B., learned counsel appearing

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for the petitioner, Sri.Channappa Earappa, learned HCGP appearing for the respondent-State and have perused the material on record.

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The petitioner is before the Court calling in question the proceedings in C.C.No.8652/2019 registered for the offences punishable under sections 403, 409, 420, 471, 477(A) of the Indian Penal Code.

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The petitioner is permitted to file an application seeking discharge and bring it to the notice of the concerned Court all the developments that have taken place subsequent

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NC: 2026:KHC:12814 CRL.P No. 1533 of 2026

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HC-KAR

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to the registration of a crime including the orders passed by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal.

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