- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:46610 CRL.RP No. 975 of 2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 12TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V HOSMANI CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO. 975 OF 2023 BETWEEN: SRI. B SHIVA KUMAR S/O LATE BYRE GOWDA, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, METER READER, BESCOM-1, HIRIYUR SUB DIVISION, VEDHAVATHI NAGAR, HIRIYUR TOWN AND TALUK, CHITRADURGA DISTRICT. NOW R/O MARADI HALLI VILLAGE, HIRIYUR TALUK, CHITRADURGA DISTRICT. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. GURUMURTHY N, ADVOCATE) AND: SRI N VAGEESH S/O NEELAPPA, AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, BUSINESS MAN, R/O SRI. SIDDA RUDA NILAYA, BEHIND G.G. SAMUDAYA BHAVAN, PRASHANTHA NAGARA, CHITRA DURGA TOWN AND TALUK. …RESPONDENT Digitally signed by SHARADAVANI B Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:46610 CRL.RP No. 975 of 2023 THIS CRL.RP IS FILED U/S 397 R/W 401 OF CR.PC PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE SENTENCE AND CONVICTION OF THE COURT BELOW IN C.C.NO.288/2018 DATED 08.08.2022 ON THE FILE OF THE PRL.CIVIL JUDGE AND J.M.F.C CHITRADURGA AND CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.50/2022 ON THE FILE OF THE I ADDL.DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, CHITRADURGA DATED 13.04.2023 BY SETTING ASIDE THE CONVICTING AND SENTENCE AND ACQUIT THE ACCUSED. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V HOSMANI ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for petitioner has filed a Memo reporting death of petitioner and seeks for dismissal of Revision Petition as abated. 2. Taking Memo on record, Revision Petition is dismissed as abated. Sd/- (RAVI V HOSMANI) JUDGE HNM List No.: 1 Sl No.: 2