Sri Radhakrishna v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of FIR refused — CRL.P No. 5285 of 2019, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 9 June 2026 by Justice Ravi V Hosmani. Petition under S. 482 Cr.P.C. to quash FIR in Crime No. 75/2019, K.R. Puram Police Station, for offences punishable under Sections 353 and 506 read with Section 34 of IPC, on complaint of police constable A. Nagendra (Badge No.14738, Whitefield Police Station). Chargesheet filed and trial commenced before X ACMM Court, Bengaluru during pendency; petition dismissed as infructuous.
What did the court decide?
The Court recorded, on the learned HCGP's Memo taken on record, that during pendency of the petition the chargesheet had been filed and trial had commenced, rendering the petition infructuous. ¶32