- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC-D:5922 CRL.A No. 100026 of 2016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH DATED THIS THE 2ND DAY OF APRIL, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVASHANKAR AMARANNAVAR CRIMINAL APPEAL NO 100026 OF 2016 BETWEEN: SAIFULLA S/O. A. RAWOOFSAB, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, R/AT PROPRIETOR POWER HOUSE ENTERPRISES, COLLEGE ROAD, HOSAPETE, DIST: BALLARI. …APPELLANT (BY SRI. DAYANAND M. BANDI, ADVOCATE (ABSENT)) AND: R. RAMACHAR S/O. HANUMANTH ACHAR, AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS, R/O: C/O: PRAKASH KULKARNI, 3RD WARD, PATEL NAGAR, HOSAPETE, DIST: BALLARI. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. VEERESH R. BUDIHAL, ADVOCATE (ABSENT)) THE CRIMINAL APPEAL IS FILED U/S 378(4) OF CR.P.C., SEEKING TO CALL FOR THE RECORDS AND SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 14.09.2015 IN C.C. NO 107/2014 ON THE FILE OF THE PRL. SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC HOSAPETE AND TO CONVICT THE RESPONDENT FOR HAVING COMMITTED THE OFFENCE UNDER SEC. 138 OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT. BY ALLOWING THIS APPEAL IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE. Digitally signed by MOHANKUMAR B SHELAR Location: High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, Dharwad - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC-D:5922 CRL.A No. 100026 of 2016 THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL, COMING ON FOR FINAL HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVASHANKAR AMARANNAVAR ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the appellant is absent. There is no representation for the appellant. Even after the matter is passed over and taken up in the afternoon session, none appeared for the appellant. Learned counsel for the appellant was also absent on 18.06.2024, 30.09.2024 and 18.03.2025, it appears that the appellant is not interested in prosecuting the appeal. Hence, the appeal is dismissed for non-prosecution. Sd/- (SHIVASHANKAR AMARANNAVAR) JUDGE RKM/CT-ASC List No.: 1 Sl No.: 30