- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:43646 CRL.P No. 14217 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 30TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 14217 OF 2025 BETWEEN: 1. SRI. RAJESH ETHIRAJU S/O SRI. ETHIRAJU, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.428, 9TH A CROSS, RHCS LAYOUT, ANNAPOORNESHWARI NAGAR, BENGALURU-560 091. 2. SRI. ETHIRAJU S/O M. VEERASWAMY, AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.428, 9TH A CROSS, RHCS LAYOUT, ANNAPOORNESHWARI NAGAR, BENGALURU-560 091. 3. SMT. ESHWARI W/O SRI. ETHIRAJU, AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, OCCUPATION: HOUSEHOLD, RESIDING AT NO.428, 9TH A CROSS, RHCS LAYOUT, ANNAPOORNESHWARI NAGAR, BENGALURU-560 091. 4. SMT. RANJITHA D/O SRI. ETHIRAJU, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.1776, GROUP LAYOUT, Digitally signed by LAKSHMI T Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:43646 CRL.P No. 14217 of 2025 GIDADA KONENAHALLI, BENGALURU-560 091. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. SHREEDHAR KOTRASHETTI, ADVOCATE FOR SRI. RAJENDRA DESAI, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY WEST WOMEN POLICE STATION, BENGALURU REPRESENTED BY ITS STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, BENGALURU-560 001. 2. SMT. P. PRIYANKA @ PRIYANKA R. W/O RAJESH ETHIRAJU, D/O PALANI KUMAR, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.428, 9TH A CROSS, RHCS LAYOUT, ANNAPOORNESHWARI NAGAR, BENGALURU-560 091. PRESENTLY AT, NO.9-6-3/2, 1ST ATIYAMAN STREET, VISHWANATHAPURAM, MADURAI-625 104. …RESPONDENTS THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNSS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR IN CRIME NO.0183/2025 REGISTERED AT WEST WOMEN POLICE STATION, BENGALURU CITY, FOR OFFENCES UNDER SECTIONS 85, 115(2), 351(2), 352 R/W 3(5) OF THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 AND SECTION 4 OF DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT, 1961 WHICH IS ON THE FILE OF 24TH A.C.J.M., BANGALORE AND ALL FURTHER PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT THERETO INSOFAR AS THE PETITIONERS IS CONCERNED. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:43646 CRL.P No. 14217 of 2025 THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioners has filed a memo seeking withdrawal of the petition with liberty to challenge the chargesheet. 2. Memo is taken on record. 3. Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to challenge the chargesheet. Sd/- (MOHAMMAD NAWAZ) JUDGE TL List No.: 1 Sl No.: 95