Padma v. State by Hosamane Police
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 482 CrPC quash petition dismissed as infructuous; charge sheet C.C.No.421/2019, III Addl. Civil Judge & JMFC Bhadravathi; FIR CR.No.231/2018 Hosamane Police Shivamogga; offences IPC 498-A, 504, 506, 323, 114 r/w 34 and Dowry Prohibition Act Sections 3 & 4; acquittal judgment 03.11.2022 during pendency; HCGP memo; petitioners Padma and M. Indrani; complainant Asha @ Nandini; Karnataka HC, Justice Ravi V Hosmani, order dated 09 July 2026.
What did the court decide?
Taking on record the learned HCGP's memo that proceedings in C.C.No.421/2019 had ended in a judgment of acquittal on 03.11.2022 during the petition's pendency, thereby rendering the petition infructuous, the Court dismissed the petition as infructuous without adjudicating the prayer to quash the charge sheet. ¶¶36