Criminal petition under Section 482 CrPC seeking quashing of charge sheet for offences under IPC and SC/ST Act dismissed as infructuous after the trial court acquitted the petitioner-accused.
Petition dismissed as infructuous.
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HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:50439 CRL.P No. 5066 of 2019
CNR: KAHC010197942019
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.P.SANDESH
CRIMINAL PETITION NO.5066 OF 2019
BETWEEN:
…PETITIONER
(BY SRI. SUYOG HERELE E., ADVOCATE)
AND:
Digitally signed by DEVIKA M Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
…RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI. SUHAS GOWDA M., HCGP FOR R1; SRI. C. JAGADEESH, SPL. COUNSEL FOR R2)
HC-KAR
NC: 2026:KHC:50439 CRL.P No. 5066 of 2019
CNR: KAHC010197942019
THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 OF CR.P.C PRAYING TO QUASH THE CHARGE SHEET IN SPL.CASE NO.252/2016 BY THE RESPONDENT POLICE, FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 196, 198 AND 420 OF IPC SECTION 3(1)(9) OF SC/ST (PREVENTION OF ATROCITIES) ACT, 1989, ON THE FILE OF THE VI ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, MYSURU, BY ALLOWING THIS PETITION.
THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.P.SANDESH
ORAL ORDER
Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a memo stating that this petition has become infructuous, since the petitioner-accused has already been acquitted by the Trial Court.
Accordingly, the criminal petition is dismissed as having
become infructuous.
Sd/(H.P.SANDESH) JUDGE
ST List No.: 1 Sl No.: 2
3 provisions across 3 enactments
P. Nagaraj s/o T.S. Puttananjappa
State by Nazarbad P.S., Mysuru
S.N. Ramesh, Police Inspector, Civil Rights Enforcement Cell, Mysuru
H.P. Sandesh
As recorded by the court registry
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