- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:50731-DB CCC No. 861 of 2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 4TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO.861 OF 2023 BETWEEN: MR. MANOJ V NAIDU AGED ABOUT 21 YEARS, S/O VEERABHADRAN DONI, R/AT NO.39, REVANNA LAYOUT, T C PALYA MAIN ROAD, ANANDAPURA, BENGALURU-560036. …COMPLAINANT (BY SRI. SYED JAFFER MOHIYUDDIN, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. MR. MANJUNATH POLICE INSPECTOR K R PURAM POLICE STATION REP. BY THE GOVERNMENT PLEADER, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU-560001. 2. MR. B. DAYANANDA (IPS) THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE Digitally signed by CHANNEGOWDA PREMA Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:50731-DB CCC No. 861 of 2023 BENGALURU-560001. …ACCUSED 3. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY THE CHAIRPERSON, MINISTRY OF HOME, DEPARTMENT OF KARNATAKA, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU-560001. …PROFORMA RESPONDENT (BY SMT. MAMATHA SHETTY, AGA FOR PROFORMA R3; A1 & A2) THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971 R/W ARTICLES 215 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO KINDLY ISSUE NOTICE TO ACCUSED NO.1 AND 2 THEY MAY BE BROUGHT BEFORE THIS HON'BLE COURT AND TRIED AND PUNISH FOR THE OFFENCES COMMITTED BY ACCUSED FOR THE DISOBEDIENCE OF THE ORDER DATED 22.6.2022 IN WP NO.15270/2021 AS PER THE ANNEXURE-A. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:50731-DB CCC No. 861 of 2023 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL) This Contempt Petition is filed alleging willful disobedience of the order of the learned Single Judge dated 22.06.2022 passed in W.P. No.15270/2021. 2. The directions of the learned Single Judge reads as under; (a) "Petitioner shall earmark exclusively a separate area/place(s) with appropriate enclosure in the hotel premise and necessarily after obtaining licence for the purpose of hooka smoking and no other area or portion of premise shall be used by the customers of the petitioner for smoking hooka. (b) Under the guise of inspection, the respondent- jurisdictional police shall not harass the petitioner. However, it does not deter them from inspecting the premise at periodical intervals with notice to the petitioner, if necessary." 3. The respondents/accused have filed an affidavit dated 06.06.2025. The said affidavit indicates that on 20.10.2023, the Police Inspector, K.R. Puram police station, Bengaluru, received an information that the hookah bar run by the complainant is in violation of law and based on such - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:50731-DB CCC No. 861 of 2023 information and other information, they have registered cases which are referred in the compliance affidavit at para No.6 and based on such registration of case, steps have been taken to investigate the matter. 4. We have perused the affidavit filed by the Station House Officer, which clearly indicates that the complainant, in violation of law and contrary to the directions of the learned Single Judge, carried out certain activities and against the same, the jurisdictional police have initiated proceedings. 5. On perusal of the complaint averments, we do not find any material to come to the conclusion that the respondents have willfully disobeyed the order of the learned Single Judge. Hence, contempt proceedings are closed. Notice issued to the accused shall stand discharged. Sd/- (ANU SIVARAMAN) JUDGE Sd/- (VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL) JUDGE PN List No.: 3 Sl No.: 1