- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:24168 CRL.RP No. 1524 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 4TH DAY OF JULY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVASHANKAR AMARANNAVAR CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO. 1524 OF 2024 BETWEEN: 1. THE INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT BY ITS INCOME TAX OFFICER WARD NO.7 (2) (5), BMTC BUILDING, 80 FEET ROAD, 6TH BLOCK, KORAMANGALA, BANGALORE-560 095. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. SUSHAL TIWARI N., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SMT. VARSHA NARAYANAPPA 30 YEARS, NO.32 1ST FLOOR, 2nd CROSS, VEERABHADRANAGAR, BANASHANKARI 3RD STAGE, BANGALORE-560 085. …RESPONDENT THIS CRL.RP IS FILED UNDER SECTION 378(4) CR.P.C. PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 12.10.2018 PASSED BY THE SPECIAL COURT FOR ECONOMIC OFFENCES, BENGALURU IN C.C.NO.66/2018 AND TO ALLOW THE Digitally signed by LAKSHMINARAYANA MURTHY RAJASHRI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:24168 CRL.RP No. 1524 of 2024 COMPLAINTAS PRAYED FOR BY ALLOWING THIS APPEAL AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVASHANKAR AMARANNAVAR ORAL ORDER This revision petition is filed challenging the order passed by the Special Court for Economic Offences, Bengaluru wherein, the discharge application filed by the respondent has been allowed. 2. The Court which passed the impugned order is presided by the Judicial Magistrate who is sub-ordinate to the Sessions Court. The proprietary demands that the criminal revision petition lies to the Sessions Court even though there is concurrent jurisdiction of this Court to entertain this revision Petition. 3. Hence, this Criminal Revision Petition is transferred to the Sessions Court having jurisdiction. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:24168 CRL.RP No. 1524 of 2024 4. Registry is directed to send the records of this Criminal Revision Petition to the trial Court having jurisdiction. 5. For the purpose of statistics, this Criminal Revision Petition is disposed off. Sd/- (SHIVASHANKAR AMARANNAVAR) JUDGE KLV List No.: 1 Sl No.: 1