- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:27262 CRL.RP No. 22 of 2022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF JULY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVASHANKAR AMARANNAVAR CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION No. 22 OF 2022 BETWEEN: MR. SREEKANTASWAMY B R PRAKASH INDUSTRIES B-225, 4TH CROSS, 1ST STAGE PEENYA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BENGALURU – 560 058. NOTE:PETITIONER EMPLOYEE IN PRAKASH INDUSTRIES …PETITIONER (BY SRI KRISHNA MURTHY N, ADVOCATE - ABSENT) AND: T C ANADANI S/O LATE CHIKKAJAGAPPA AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS RESIDING AT No.50 SRINIVASA NILAYA NEW TIMBER YARD LAYOUT 1ST MAIN ROAD RAGHAVAN NAGAR BENGALURU – 560 026. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI SRIHARI A V, ADVOCATE) Digitally signed by LAKSHMINARAYANA MURTHY RAJASHRI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:27262 CRL.RP No. 22 of 2022 THIS CRL.RP IS FILED UNDER SECTION 397 READ WITH SECTION 401 Cr.P.C PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER OF CONVICTION AND SENTENCE DATED 17.05.2018 ON THE FILE OF THE XII ADDL.CHIEF METROPOLITAN MAGISTRATE, AT BENGALURU IN C.C.No.18224/2014, CONVICTING THE PETITIONER FOR THE OFFENCE PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 138 OF N.I ACT AND SET ASIDE THE ORDER IN CRL.A.No.1166/2018 ORDER DATED 07.04.2021 IN LXVIII ADDL.CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU CITY CCH-No.69 AND ACQUIT THE PETITIONER FOR THE OFFENCE PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 138 OF THE N.I ACT. THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVASHANKAR AMARANNAVAR ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the respondent is present. 2. On retirement memo being filed by learned counsel for the petitioner, Non Bailable Warrant has been issued to the Revision Petitioner and the said NBW has been returned unexecuted with report that “addressee has left the company since eight years back and his whereabouts not known”. 3. There is no any other address to re-issue of NBW against the Revision Petitioner. It appears that - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:27262 CRL.RP No. 22 of 2022 the Revision Petitioner is not interested in prosecuting this matter. 4. Hence, this Criminal Revision Petition is dismissed for non –prosecution. Sd/- (SHIVASHANKAR AMARANNAVAR) JUDGE DSP List No.: 1 Sl No.: 8