- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC-K:2990 CRL.P No. 200376 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA KALABURAGI BENCH DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. SRISHANANDA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 200376 OF 2025 (482(Cr.PC)/528(BNSS)) BETWEEN: SURYAKANTH S/O MALLANNA, AGE:54 YEARS, OCC: IN-CHARGE HEAD MASTER, GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL, LINGERI TANDA, R/O. MANAGANAL, TQ. WADAGERA, DIST. YADGIR-585202. …PETITIONER (BY SRI SHIVANAND V. PATTANASHETTI, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, THROUGH YADGIRI RURAL POLICE STATION, DIST. YADGIRI-585201, R/BY ADDL. SPP HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, KALABURAGI BENCH-585107. Digitally signed by SUMITRA SHERIGAR Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC-K:2990 CRL.P No. 200376 of 2025 2. ESHWARAPPA S/O. BHIMARAYA NEERADAGI, BLOCK EDUCATION OFFICER, AKSHARA DASOHA YOJANE, ZILLA PANCHAYAT, YADGIRI, AGE: 57 YEARS, R/O. ZILLA PANCHAYAT, YADGIRI-509 210. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. ARATI PATIL ,HCGP) THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 528 OF BNSS, 2023, PRAYING TO QUASH FIR, COMPLAINT AND CHARGE-SHEET REGISTERED AGAINST THE PETITIONER/SOLE ACCUSED IN C.C NO.2156/2024 (YADGIRI RURAL P.S. CRIME NO.15/2024 DIST. RAICHUR) FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 3 AND 7 OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT, PENDING ON THE FILE OF ADDL. C.J. AND JMFC, YADGIRI, DISTRICT YADGIRI. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA) 1. After addressing argument at length, learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a memo seeking - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC-K:2990 CRL.P No. 200376 of 2025 withdrawal of the petition, reserving liberty to the petitioner as prayed in the memo. 2. The memo reads as under: “The counsel for the petitioner most humbly submits that, the petitioner may kindly be permitted to withdraw the petition with a liberty to file discharge application before the Trial Court on the ground of filing of charge-sheet.” 3. Placing the memo on record, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty as prayed for. Sd/- (V. SRISHANANDA) JUDGE SBS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 45 CT:PK