- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:15257 WP No. 34119 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA WRIT PETITION NO. 34119 OF 2024 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN: SMT. M.R.SHASHIKALA WIFE OF SRI H.KRISHNA MURTHY AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS RESIDING AT NO.68, ANJANADRI NILAYA 21ST CROSS, KHB LAYOUT, BSM EXTENSION KENGERI SATELLITE TOWN, BENGALURU KARNATAKA - 560 060. …PETITIONER (BY SRI SHANKAR H. S., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE ALI ASKAR ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 001 REPRESENTED BY THE SPECIAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA BENGALURU – 560 001. 2. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER ASHOK NAGAR POLICE STATION REPRESENTED BY THE SPECIAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA BENGALURU – 560 001. 3. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE POLICE HEAD QUARTERS REPRESENTED BY THE SPECIAL PUBLIC Digitally signed by NAGAVENI Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:15257 WP No. 34119 of 2024 PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA BENGALURU – 560 001. 4. THE CENTRAL CRIME BRANCH REPRESENTED BY THE SPECIAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA BENGALURU – 560 001. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI RAHUL CARIAPPA K. S., AGA FOR R1 TO R4) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE IMPUGNED REPLY BY THE R-2 DTD 30.10.2024 BEARING NO. G1PS/SAHA/410/2024 PRODUCED AS ANNX-F AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioner is before this Court seeking quashment of a communication dated 30.10.2024, of the Station House Officer, Ashok Nagar Police Station, which rejects the complaint filed by the petitioner, seeking investigation on a particular incident which is alleged to be have happened on 04.02.2004. 2. Heard Sri Shankar H.S., learned counsel for petitioner and Sri Rahul Cariappa, learned Additional Government Advocate for the respondents. - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:15257 WP No. 34119 of 2024 3. The petitioner registers a complaint on 04.02.2004. The said complaint comes to be closed. The petitioner goes into deep slumber, wakes up after 20 years and submits a representation by sending a legal notice to the respondents on 01.08.2024, seeking compensation on negligence for not registering a crime and sought investigation, on the complaint submitted in the year 2004, which stood closed in the year 2004 itself. 4. In the light of the fact that the petitioner was in deep slumber for twenty long years and sought investigation on the complaint, which stood closed in the year 2004, the impugned communication of respondent No.2 - the Station House Officer does not warrant interference and the petition stands dismissed. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE NVJ List No.: 1 Sl No.: 112 CT:SS