- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28829-DB CCC No. 61 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF JULY, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 61 OF 2025 BETWEEN: 1. H R ANNASWAMY AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS S/O LATE RANGEGOWDA 2. T.K. PREMA AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS W/O ANNASWAMY 3. UJWAL A. GOWDA AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS S/O ANNASWAMY 4. SATHISH T.G. AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS S/O GOWDAIAH ALL THE COMPLAINANTS ARE R/AT NEAR COSMOPOLITAN SPORTS CLUB BUTLER KOPLU HASSAN TALUK HASSAN - 573 201 …COMPLAINANTS (BY SRI C.M. NAGABHUSHANA, ADVOCATE) Digitally signed by AMBIKA H B Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28829-DB CCC No. 61 of 2025 AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF HOME VIDHANA SOUDA DR. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BANGALORE - 560 001 REPRESENTED BY ITS ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY …PRO FORMA RESPONDENT 2. MOHAMMED SUJEETH M.S. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE R.C. ROAD, HASSAN CITY HASSAN DISTRICT - 573 210 3. MANJU CIRCLE INSPECTOR HASSAN RURAL POLICE STATION N.R. CIRCLE HASSAN - 573 210 …ACCUSED (BY SRI NAVEEN CHANDRASHEKAR, AGA) THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971 R/W ARTICLE 215 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO TAKE SUITABLE ACTION AGAINST THE ACCUSED BY INITIATING THE CONTEMPT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS FOR WILLFUL DISOBDIENCE OF THE ORDER DATED 11.06.2024 PASSED IN WP NO.15025/2024 (GM-POLICE) BY THIS HON'BLE COURT AT ANNEXURE-A & ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28829-DB CCC No. 61 of 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. The complainants have filed the present petition alleging willful disobedience of the order dated 11.06.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge. 2. It is the complainant's case that despite an order of permanent injunction dated 15.12.2022 passed by the learned Additional Senior Civil Judge, the forest officials are continuing to interfere with the possession of the complainant. The complainant had also filed a writ petition, being W.P No.15025/2024, praying that police protection be granted to them and the forest officials be prevented from interfering with the complainant's peaceful possession of the subject land. The said petition was disposed of with the direction to the accused to take necessary steps to implement the order of the trial court granting police protection. 3. The learned Additional Government Advocate for the accused submits that the judgment and decree passed in - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28829-DB CCC No. 61 of 2025 O.S Nos.404/2020, 97/2021, 96/2021 and 403/2020 dated 15.12.2022 are subject matter of the appeals being R.A Nos.95/2024, 97/2024, 94/2024 and 96/2024, respectively. 4. The affidavit of compliance also states that the orders passed by the trial court would be complied with, subject to any conflicting orders in the regular appeals. It is also stated that the forest officials will not interfere in the complainant's possession of the subject land, subject to any other order that may be passed in the regular appeals. 5. The contempt petition is, accordingly, disposed of Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C M JOSHI) JUDGE AHB List No.: 1 Sl No.: 1