- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:26761 CRL.P No. 10134 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF JULY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 10134 OF 2025 (482(Cr.PC) / 528(BNSS) BETWEEN: NIKIL HEGDE AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS NO 489, 9TH CROSS, BHARATH NAGAR, 2ND STAGE, BEL LAYOUT, MAGADI ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 091. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. P.P. HEGDE, SENIOR COUNSEL APPEARING FOR SRI. SACHIN.B.S, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS CENTRAL CEN POLICE STATION, BENGALURU CITY, REP BY HIGH COURT SPP, BENGALURU – 560 001. 2. AVANI SAHAJPAL C/O SURENDER KUMAR, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS R/AT DEEL INC,SUBSIDIARY DEEL FOR PVT LTD, NO 7, LEELA LAND MARK, 2ND FLOOR, 1ST CROSS, 3RD MAIN, ASHWINI LAYOUT, EJIPURA, BENGALURU CITY – 560 047. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. K. NAGESHWARAPPA, HCGP FOR R-1 SRI. VIKRAM HUILGOL, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SRI. PRATEEK RATH, ADVOCATE FOR R-2) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.P.C (U/S 528 BNSS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR IN CR.NO.189/2025 REGISTERED BY THE CENTRAL CEN P.S., PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE COURT OF 45th ACMM COURT, NRUPATUNGA ROAD, BENGALURU CITY AGAINST THE PETITIONER, FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 66(D),66(C) OF THE I.T ACT, 2008, U/S 318(2),318(4) OF THE BNS, 2023, PRODUCED HEREWITH AS DOCUMENT NO1., ALLOW THIS CRL.P WITH COSTS THROUGHOUT. Digitally signed by CHANDANA B M Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:26761 CRL.P No. 10134 of 2025 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 Heard learned Senior counsel for the petitioner and learned Senior counsel for the 2nd respondent and perused the material on record. 2. After arguing the matter for sometime, learned Senior counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, submits that the present petition as well as I.A.2/2025 may be disposed of as withdrawn in view of the fact that the petitioner had already filed an application for bail before the trial court and by permitting the petitioner to prosecute the bail application, which may be considered by the trial court in accordance with law, reserving liberty in favour of the petitioner to take recourse to such other remedies as available in law including approaching this Court, if the occasion so arises including filing a fresh / new petition. The said submissions are placed on record. 3. Accordingly, the petition as well as I.A.2/2025 are disposed of as withdrawn reserving liberty in favour of the petitioner - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:26761 CRL.P No. 10134 of 2025 to prosecute the pending bail application, which shall be considered by the trial court in accordance with law and as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of one week from the next date of hearing of the bail application before the trial court. Liberty is also reserved in favour of the petitioner to take recourse to such other remedies as available in law including filing of fresh / new petition seeking quashing of the FIR and / or any other reliefs as permissible in law. Sd/- (S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR) JUDGE Srl.