The State of Karnataka v. Sri Dinesh S Rasalkar
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; CRL.P No. 3806 of 2019 (482(Cr.PC)); decided 23 June 2026 by Justice Ravi V Hosmani (oral order); petitioner: State of Karnataka by Deputy Director, Mines and Geology Department, Mangaluru (advocate Smt. Sowmya R, High Court Government Pleader); respondent: Sri Dinesh S Rasalkar (served; GPA holder Mr Imran Abbas); sought setting aside of order dated 08.01.2019 of Principal District and Sessions Judge, D.K., Mangaluru in Crl.Misc.No.1347/2018; dismissed as infructuous because underlying case Spl.C.C.No.539/2021 (3rd Additional JMFC, Mangaluru) ended in compounding on 29.03.2022; Section 482 Cr.P.C.; no cases cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Taking on record the memo filed by the learned High Court Government Pleader stating that the matter before the 3rd Additional JMFC, Mangaluru in Spl.C.C.No.539/2021 ended in compounding on 29.03.2022 during pendency of the petition, the criminal petition under S.482 Cr.P.C. was dismissed as having become infructuous.