- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:37863 CRL.P No. 12596 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 12596 OF 2025 BETWEEN: MR. AMARESH WRONGLY SHOWN AS AMBARISH IN FIR. S/O TAYAPPA, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, FORMERLY WORKING AS PSI. BYADRAHALLI POLICE STATION, PRESENTLY WORKING AS POLICE INSPECTOR. D.G.OFFICE, NRUPATUNGA ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 001 PERMANENT RIO NO. NO.4/22, JEGARKAL, RAICHUR, KARNATAKA - 5841 34. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. PARAMESHWAR N. HEGDE, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE BY KARNATAKA BY LOKAYUKTHA P.S., BENGALURU DIVISION REPRESENTED BY ITS SPECIAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANGALORE - 01. 2. SHRI. VASANTARAJU. S/O LATE JAVARAPPAGOUDA, Digitally signed by SHARADAVANI B Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:37863 CRL.P No. 12596 of 2025 AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS, OCC: RETIRED GOVERNMENT SERVANT, R/O NO. 439, 6TH A CROSS, ANNAPOORNESHWARI NAGAR, 4TH MAIN, HEALTH LAYOUT, SHRIGANDHADAKAVAL, BENGALURU - 560 091. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. B.S. PRASAD, ADVOCATE FOR R1; R2 - SERVED) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 OF CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNNS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR IN CRIME NO.27/2025 REGISTERED FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 7(a) OF PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT 1988 (AMENDED) BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT POLICE (KARNATAKA LOKAYUKTHA PS BENGALURU CITY DIVISION) AND PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE XXIII ADDL.CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE FOR PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT AT BENGALURU CITY. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM ORAL ORDER Having argued the matter extensively, learned counsel for the petitioner tried to persuade this Court to take cognizance of the reported judgment rendered by the co-ordinate bench in the case of Usha G vs. State of - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:37863 CRL.P No. 12596 of 2025 Lokayukta, reported in 2025 SCC Online Kar 999. However, the judgment was countered by the learned standing counsel appearing for lokayukta by placing reliance on the judgment rendered by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Devinder Kumar Bansal vs. State of Punjab reported in (2025) 4 SCC 493. At this juncture, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks leave of this Court to withdraw the petition. Recording the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner and without expressing any opinion on the case on hand, the criminal petition is dismissed as withdrawn. Sd/- (SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM) JUDGE hdk List No.: 1 Sl No.: 2 CT: BHK