- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:5824 CRL.A No. 969 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 969 OF 2024 BETWEEN: VISHWANATHA S/O. SUBRAMANYA, AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, R/AT NO. 26, A BLOCK, SWAGATHNAGAR, BBMP QUARTERS, TILAKNAGARA, BENGALURU - 560 041. …APPELLANT (BY SRI. MANJUNATH M.R, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY J. P. NAGARA POLICE STATION, BENGALURU, REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT BUILDING, BENGALURU - 560 001. 2. VICTIM D/O. JEEVANANDAN, AGED ABOUT 21 YEARS, R/AT 1ST CROSS, 1ST MAIN, AMBEDKAR NAGARA, BANASHANKARI 2ND STAGE, BENGALURU - 560 070. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. CHANNAPPA ERAPPA, HCGP FOR R1) Digitally signed by MALATESH K C Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:5824 CRL.A No. 969 of 2024 THIS CRL.A IS FILED U/S 374(2) OF CR.PC PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE JUDGMENT AND ORDER OF CONVICTION AND SENTENCE DATED 04.07.2023 AND 12.07.2023 PASSED BY THE ADDL. CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE FTSC-III IN SPL.C.NO.225/2020, CONVICTING THE APPELLANT/ACCUSED FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S 366, 343, 324, 376 OF IPC AND SEC.5(1), 6 OF POCSO ACT. THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA ORAL JUDGMENT Learned counsel for the appellant has filed a memo seeking leave of this Court to withdraw the petition. The memo reads as under: “The counsel for the appellant may be permit to withdraw the above appeal in the interest of justice”. 2. Memo is placed on record. 3. In view of the memo, petition is dismissed as withdrawn. Sd/- (V SRISHANANDA) JUDGE JY List No.: 1 Sl No.: 3 CT: BHK