- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:39649 WP No. 7164 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ WRIT PETITION NO. 7164 OF 2025 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: GIRIDHAR S/O YALLAPPA NADONI, AGE: 58 YEARS, OCC: BUSINESS, R/O. NO.437, 8TH CROSS, 2ND STAGE, B.D.A. LAYOUT, NEAR AMMA ASHRAM, MARIYAPPANAPALYA, BENGALURU CITY, VISHWAVIDYALA, BENGALURU-560 056. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. JOGI YALLAPPA RANGAPPA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA THROUGH GOVINDARAJANAGAR POLICE STATION, BENGALURU CITY-540 040, R/BY ITS SPP, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU-560 001. 2. THE MANAGER, STATE BANK OF INDIA, NO.267-44-57-82, 83, 84, 85, JNAN BHARATI, VENKATESHAPPA AND GANGAMMA COMPLEX, ULLALU MAIN ROAD, BENGALURU-560 056. Digitally signed by LAKSHMI T Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:39649 WP No. 7164 of 2025 3. THE MANAGER HDFC BANK, NO.51, BHUVANESHWARI NAGAR, 8TH MAIN ROAD, MAIL PATTEDAR SAMAJ BHAVAN, BENGALURU-560 056. 4. MARUTHI S/O SIDDAPPA MORE, AGE: 40 YEARS, OCC: INVESTMENT/BUSINESS, R/O: H.NO.18/32, 1ST MAIN ROAD, MARENHALLI, VIJAYANAGAR, BENGALURU-560 040. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. B.N. JAGADEESH, ADDL. SPP FOR R1) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA READ WITH SECTION 482 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PRAYING TO (I) QUASH THE COMPLAINT AND FIR FILED BY RESPONDENT NO.1 AND RESPONDENT NO.4 AS PER ANNEXURE-A1 AND A2 DATED: 03.04.2024 IN CRIME NO.136/2024, GOVINDARAJANAGAR POLICE STATION, BANGALORE, PENDING BEFORE THE XXIV ADDL. C.M.M. COURT, BANGALORE CITY; (II) DIRECT THE RESPONDENT NO.2 AND 3 FOR CONSIDER REPRESENTATION THE ANNEXURE-D AND D1 DATED: 16/11/2024 FILED BY THE PETITIONER. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:39649 WP No. 7164 of 2025 ORAL ORDER Petitioner is seeking to quash the complaint and FIR filed by respondent No.1/Police as per Annexures-1 and 2, in Cr.No.136/2024 of Govindaraja Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru City. 2. On a complaint lodged by one Maruthi More/respondent No.4, aforementioned crime is registered against the petitioner for the offence punishable under Section 384, 417, 419, 420 and 506 of IPC. 3. In brief, it is alleged that the petitioner posing himself as a Police official induced the complainant that he has got contacts with the politicians and Police Officials and promising that he will provide a job to his wife and her nephew and for conducting survey of his land, in all received a sum of Rs.17 lakhs and cheated him and threatened with dire consequences etc. 4. A perusal of the complaint averments do disclose that there is a prima facie case against the - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:39649 WP No. 7164 of 2025 petitioner. At this stage, it cannot be said that the averments in the complaint are false. The statutory power of the police to conduct investigation into allegations and to file an appropriate report cannot be curtailed. 5. It is submitted by the learned counsel that the petitioner’s account maintained in SBI and HDFC banks are freezed and therefore, necessary direction may be issued to defreeze the account. 6. There is no material placed before the Court to show that the petitioner’s accounts are freezed. Nevertheless, the petitioner is at liberty to file appropriate petition/application before the jurisdictional Court for necessary orders in this regard. With the above observations, petition is dismissed. Sd/- (MOHAMMAD NAWAZ) JUDGE TL List No.: 1 Sl No.: 47