- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36450 CRL.P No. 12760 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 12TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 12760 OF 2025 BETWEEN: PALLETI KARUNAKAR REDDY S/O PALLETI PRABHAKAR REDDY, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, R/AT NO 1-5-558, NAGARI GUTTA, NEAR RAMALAYAM TEMPLE, PULIVENDULA, KADAPA, ANDHRA PRADESH-516390. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. MANOJ KUMAR. J. Y., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY BEGUR P.S. REP. BY SPP, HIGH COURT BUILDING, BANGALORE - 560001. 2. RUTH HELEN, S/O LATE T ERRI SWAMI, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, R/AT NO.824, 6TH MAIN, AECS LAYOUT, B BLOCK, BENGALURU-560018. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. MR PATIL, HCGP FOR R1; SRI. SHEKARAPPA, ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 OF CR.P.C. (FILED U/S 528 BNSS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR BEARING CR.NO.46/2025 DATED 05.03.2025 (ANNEXURE -A) AND THE FINAL REPORT Digitally signed by AL BHAGYA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36450 CRL.P No. 12760 of 2025 DATED 03.05.2025 (ANNEXURE-D), AS ILLEGAL AND VOID ON THE FILE OF THE RESPONDENT POLICE. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM ORAL ORDER The petitioner has filed this petition seeking quashing of the entire proceedings in Spl.C.No.962/2025 for offences punishable under Sections 64, 318(4), 351, 352 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. Today, an application is filed under Section 359 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Respondent No.2/complainant is present before this Court. Upon enquiry, she submits that she was in a consensual relationship with the accused and that their long-standing association was entirely voluntary. She further states that, at the intervention of elders, family members, and well- wishers, the parties have amicably resolved their dispute, and in that backdrop, she is not inclined to prosecute the - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36450 CRL.P No. 12760 of 2025 proceedings pending in Spl.C. No.962/2025 (arising out of Crime No.46/2025). 3. On specific query by the Court, respondent No.2 submits that no one has exerted any undue influence, coercion, pressure, or threat upon her and that, of her own volition, she has decided to give a quietus to the dispute. She therefore requests that the proceedings be quashed so as to maintain cordial personal and professional relations with the accused. 4. In view of the withdrawal of all allegations by the complainant, this Court is of the opinion that, though the offences in question are not compoundable, the continuation of the criminal proceedings would serve no fruitful purpose and may amount to an abuse of the process of law. Hence, to prevent abuse of process and to secure the ends of justice, this Court considers it appropriate to quash the proceedings. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36450 CRL.P No. 12760 of 2025 5. Accordingly, this Court passes the following: ORDER (i) The petition is allowed. (ii) The proceedings in Spl.C. No.962/2025, pending on the file of the LXX Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge & Special Judge, Bengaluru, for the offences punishable under Sections 64, 318(4), 351, and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and under Sections 3(1)(s), 3(1)(r), and 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, are hereby quashed. Sd/- (SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM) JUDGE ALB List No.: 4 Sl No.: 1