- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:7337 CRL.P No. 5081 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 5081 OF 2024 BETWEEN: 1. SUDEEP SHETTY, WRONGLY MENTIONED AS SANDEEP SHETTY NITTE IN FIR, S/O LATE SANJEEFVA SHETTY, AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, RFA/T NO 5-160B, PALDADI DARKAS HOUSE, NITTE BLOCK, KARKALA TALUK, NITTE, UDUPI 574110.. 2. PRAKASH H., WRONGLY MENTIONED AS PRAKASH HANDOTTU IN FIR, S/O SHANKARA POOJARY, AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, R/AT 3-86(7), HANDATTU, KOTATHATTU, UDUPI 576221. 3. SANJITH POOJARY, WRONGLY MENTIONED AS SANJEETH KOTYAN IN FIR, S/O JAGANNATHA POOJARI, AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS, R/AT 3-282, HARDHADDU BARKE, SANOOR POST, KARKALA TALUK, UDUPI - 574 114. 4. P NARASIMHA R GAMSKAR, WRONGLY MENTIONED AS GAMSKAR N IN FIR, S/O P RAGHAVENDR GAVASKAR, AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, R./AT 2-69C, SHREE SHANTHADURGA NILAYA VASUKI NAGARA ROAD, SANTHEKATTE, PUTTUR, UDUPI 576 105. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. VASANTHA KUMARA., ADVOCATE) Digitally signed by VANAMALA N Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:7337 CRL.P No. 5081 of 2024 AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA, BY KUNDAPURA POLICE STATION, UDUPI, REP BY THE STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, HIGH COURT BUILDING, BENGALURU 560 001. 2. SRI SURENDRAS SHETTY, S/O RAMESH SHETTY, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, R/AT SAHANA ESTATE, ANKADAKATTE, KOTESHWARA VILLAGE, KUNDAPURA, UDUPI 576 222. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. THEJESH, HCGP FOR R1; SRI. BIPIN HEGDE, ADVOCATE FOR SMT. LATHA S. SHETTY, ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S.482 CR.P.C BY THE ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER PRAYING THAT THIS HONOURABLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO QUASH THE FIR IN CR.NO.38/2024 PENDING ON THE FILE OF RESPONDENT NO.1 KUNDAPURA P.S., FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S 505(2) OF IPC AND SEC. 66(C) AND 66(D) OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, PENDING ON THE FILE OF I ADDITIONAL CIVIL JUDGE (JR.DN.) AND J.M.F.C., KUNDAPURA, UDUPI DISTRICT. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR ORAL ORDER In this petition, the petitioners seek the following relief: "Quash the FIR in Crime No.38/2024 pending on the file of Respondent No.1 Kundapura PS, for the offences punishable u/s. 505(2) of the IPC, 1860, & u/s 66-C & 66-D of the IT Act, 2000 (also pending on the file of the 1st Addl. Civil Judge (Jr. Dn) and JMFC Court, Kundapura, Udupi District)." - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:7337 CRL.P No. 5081 of 2024 2. Learned High Court Government Pleader on instructions, submits that a 'B' Report in the present case would be filed within a period of two [2] weeks from today. 3. Submission is placed on record. 4. The petition stands disposed of as having become infructuous reserving liberty in favour of respondent No.2 to challenge the 'B' Report and take recourse to such other remedies as available in law. Sd/- (S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR) JUDGE RB