- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:10373 CRL.P No. 9981 of 2022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 9981 OF 2022 (482(Cr.PC) / 528(BNSS)) BETWEEN: SHIVAKUMAR CHANDRASHEKAR HIREHAL S/O CHADNRASHEKAR HIREHAL AGED ABOUT 24 YEARS, R/AT WARD NO. 2 KALLI PETE, NEAR MASJID, BADAMI BAGALAKOTE DISTRICT - 587 201. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. NANDISH PATIL, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ELECTRONIC CITY POLICE, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. REPRESENTED BY HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA. 2. TEJASWINI W/O MAHANTESH GADDANKERI AGED 26 YEARS R/AT MANUSHREE BULIND MANJUANTHA COLONY SANGOLLI RAYANNA NAGAR DHARWAD - 580 008. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. RASHMI PATEL, HCGP FOR R1; SRI. G.B. SHARATH GOWDA, ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 OF CR.PC PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR AND CHARGE SHEET IN CR.NO.43/2022 AND CONSEQUENTLY QUASH THE PROCEEDINGS IN Digitally signed by LAKSHMI T Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:10373 CRL.P No. 9981 of 2022 SPL.C.NO.343/2022 FILED BY RESPONDENT POLICE PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE HONBLE II ADDL. DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S 417, 306 OF IPC AND SEC. 3(2)(V) OF SC/ST ACT. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ ORAL ORDER Petitioner is seeking to quash the FIR and charge sheet and the proceedings pending against him in Spl.C.No.343/2022 on the file of the Court of II Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru Rural District. 2. Charge sheet is filed against the petitioner for the offence punishable under section 417, 306 of IPC and Section 3(2)(V) of the SC/ST (POA) Act, 1989. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has sought permission of the Court to withdraw the petition, with a liberty to file necessary application before the Trial Court seeking discharge. 4. In the light of the above submission, petition is dismissed as withdrawn. - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:10373 CRL.P No. 9981 of 2022 5. Liberty is reserved to the petitioner to seek discharge before the Trial Court. All the contentions are kept open. 6. All pending IAs are disposed of. Sd/- (MOHAMMAD NAWAZ) JUDGE LDC List No.: 1 Sl No.: 17 CT: BHK