- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:6657 CRL.A No. 28 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 28 OF 2025 (C) BETWEEN: SRI RAGHAVENDRA K.A. MANAGING DIRECTOR M/S KRISHNA SHELTERS PVT LTD, AGED 62 YEARS R/AT NO.59, SRI KRISHNA SUDHA WEST ANJANEYA TEMPLE STREET BASAVANAGUDI MAIN ROAD GANDHI BAZAAR, BENGALURU - 560 004 …APPELLANT (BY SRI. RANJAN KUMAR K., ADVOCATE) AND: PRATHAP SIMHA S/O K RAMACHANDRA, AGED 45 YEARS, SHO NO.F10, 1ST FLOOR, GREEN CITY BUILDING NEAR NAGANAKATTE THOKKOTTU, MANGALURU - 575 017 …RESPONDENT THIS CRL.A IS FILED U/S 374(2) CR.PC (FILED U/S 415(2) BNSS) PRAYING TO 1. SET ASIDE THE JUDGMENT OF CONFIRMATION OF THE CONVICTION PASSED BY VI ADDL. DIST. AND SESSIONS JUDGE, D.K MANGALURU AND ENHANCING OF THE FINE AMOUNT FROM 65,05,000/- TO 88,40,000/- DATED 22.10.2024 IN CRL.RP.NO.252/2023 BY ALLOWING THIS APPEAL FILED BY THE PETITIONER. Digitally signed by MALATESH K C Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:6657 CRL.A No. 28 of 2025 THIS CRL.A, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA ORAL JUDGMENT Memo filed, which reads as under: " The appellant in the above case seeks permission of this Hon'ble Court to withdraw the above appeal with liberty to file Criminal petition. Hence, the same may be taken on record and pass necessary order in the interest of justice and equity." 2. Placing the memo on record, the appeal is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as sought for. 3. Time spent before this Court in this appeal shall be excluded under Section 14 of the Limitation Act. Office is directed to return the certified copies of appeal by replacing them with photostat copies. Sd/- (V SRISHANANDA) JUDGE MKM List No.: 1 Sl No.: 11