Sri M Velayudhan v. Sri M Lakkegowda
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru (H.P. Sandesh, J., order dated 16.07.2026) dismissed CRL.RP No. 378 of 2025 for non-prosecution/default: counsel for the revision petitioner absent when the matter was called twice; conditional order dated 22.05.2025 not complied with and bond under S.436A Cr.P.C. not executed; time extension of 25.06.2025 not availed; Lok-Adalath reference unsettled (13.12.2025); Special Mediation Drive failed with both parties never appearing and the 60-day statutory mediation period expiring. The petition had challenged a conviction under S.138 N.I. Act (judgment dated 15.03.2022 in C.C.No.1193/2018, XII Addl. C.M.M., Bengaluru) and the appellate order dated 29.11.2024 in CRL.A.No.441/2022 (LXV Addl. City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru). Keywords: S.138 NI Act; cheque dishonour; conviction; criminal revision; dismissal for non-prosecution; conditional order; Section 436A Cr.P.C.; Lok-Adalat; mediation failure.