Sree Banashankari Meenugarara Sahakara Sangha Niyamitha R v. State of Karnataka
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Karnataka HC (Bengaluru), 17 March 2026, WP No. 25343 of 2022 (GM-POLICE), Justice Lalitha Kanneganti (oral order). Petitioners: Sree Banashankari Meenugarara Sahakara Sahakara-style fishermen's co-operative society, Davanagere (President Sri S.Paramesh; Secretary Sri K.Anjaneya); advocate Sri. Hareesh Bhandary T. Respondents: State of Karnataka (Home), SP Davanagere, SHO Vidya Nagara PS, Deputy/Assistant Directors of Fisheries, and eleven individuals (Nos. 6-16); HCGP Sri.Manjunath K. for R1-R5. Grievance: police inaction on complaints of 18/19.11.2022 and 01.12.2022 (Annexures G/E/H; order-body prayer cites 25.11.2022), non-registration of FIR under S.154 Cr.P.C, denial of protection for fishing under lease dated 01.07.2022, and claim of Rs.1,00,000/- compensation (Art. 21). Outcome: petition DISPOSED - crime already registered as Crime No.238/2022, B report filed before Magistrate, nothing survived; liberty given to pursue appropriate forum (private complaint suggested by Government Pleader); all I.As. closed. Keywords: FIR not registered; B report; mandamus; dereliction of duty; departmental enquiry; fishing lease protection; Article 21 compensation.