- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:45225 CRL.P No. 15229 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 7TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 15229 OF 2025 (482(Cr.PC) / 528(BNSS)) BETWEEN: SRI. M. K. MUKUNDASHARMA, S/O LATE KRISHNAIYANGER, AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, NO.44/1, 4TH MAIN ROAD, RAMMOHANPURA, SRIRAMPURA, BENGALURU-560 021. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. G R JAYANNA., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, BY PEENYA (NOW BAGALGUNTE) POLICE STATION, BENGALURU-560 073, (REP.BY. SPP HIGH COURT). 2. SRI. NAGARAJA S/O ARASAPPA, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, GOVT. SCHOOL ROAD, MALLASANDRA, T. DASARAHALLI, BENGALURU-560 057. 3. SRI. KENCHAIAH, S/O HANUNTHAIAH, AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, NO.W655.H.M.T COLONY, JALAHALLI, BENGALURU-560 031, Digitally signed by LAKSHMI T Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:45225 CRL.P No. 15229 of 2025 C/O VENKATESH NO.1217, 12TH CROSS, KALYANANAGARA, T. DASARAHALLI, BENGALURU-560 057. 4. SRI. VENKATESH S/O RAMAIAH, AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS, NO.1217, 12TH CROSS, KALYANANAGARA, T.DASARAHALLI, BENGALURU-560 057. 5. SRI.K.M. GOPALAPPA, S/O LATE MUNISWAMAPPA, AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, NO.1172/2, 8TH CROSS, MAHESWARINAGARA, T.DASARAHALLI, BENGALURU-560 057. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. RAHUL RAI .K, HCGP FOR R1) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNNS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS IN CC NO.26848/2017 PENDING BEFORE THE XXXI ACJM COURT BENGALURU ARISING FROM CR NO.81/2016 OF THE PEENYA POLICE NOW TRANSFERRED TO BAGALGUNTE POLICE STATION FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 447, 504 AND 506 R/W 34 OF THE IPC TO SAVE THE PRECIOUS COURT TIME. THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:45225 CRL.P No. 15229 of 2025 ORAL ORDER Petitioner is the defacto/complainant who set the law into motion. On the basis of a complaint lodged by him, the Peenya Police registered a case in Crime No.81/2016 for the offence punishable under Sections 506, 447, 504 read with 34 of IPC. FIR was registered against three accused. On completion of investigation, charge sheet was filed against accused Nos.1 to 4, for the aforementioned offences. 2. It is alleged that on 26.01.2016, the accused have trespassed into the sheet house of the complainant and picked up quarrel and abused and assaulted with hands etc. 3. The petitioner/complainant has preferred this petition seeking to quash the entire proceedings initiated on his complaint, on the ground that he is not interested in prosecuting the case against the accused any further. 4. Since the complainant himself is before this court seeking quashing of the proceedings initiated by him against the accused and since the offences alleged are not heinous offence and are compoundable in nature, this court deems it fit - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:45225 CRL.P No. 15229 of 2025 to quash the proceedings pending against the accused before the trial Court. Hence, the following order, This Criminal Petition is allowed. The entire proceedings in CC No.26848/2017 pending before the XXXI ACJM Court, Bangalore, arising out of Crime No.81/2016, Peenya Police station, Bengaluru are hereby quashed. Sd/- (MOHAMMAD NAWAZ) JUDGE AKV List No.: 1 Sl No.: 14