Smt Anantha Lakshmi v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 482 CrPC quash petition; C.C.No.7411/2020; FIR Cr.No.135/2019 Women Police Station East Zone Shivaji Nagar Bangalore; offences under 498A and 506 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 Dowry Prohibition Act; VI Addl. C.M.M. Bengaluru; Supreme Court order 14.10.2022 on I.A. 140224/2022 in Transfer Petition (Civil) 621/2020; trial proceedings disposed 23.11.2022; Government Pleader Memo; petition dismissed as infructuous; High Court of Karnataka; Justice Ravi V Hosmani; decision dated 09-06-2026.
What did the court decide?
The Court took the High Court Government Pleader's Memo on record and dismissed the petition as having become infructuous, since the Trial Court proceedings in C.C.no.7411/2020 had already been disposed of on 23.11.2022 in consequence of the Supreme Court's order dated 14.10.2022 in Transfer Petition (Civil) no.621/2020. The Court did not decide the merits of the quashing request.