- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:16413 CRL.P No. 2918 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 23RD DAY OF MARCH, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 2918 OF 2026 (482(Cr.PC) / 528(BNSS) BETWEEN: 1. SRI ANNAPPA S/O SHEKARAPPA AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS. 2. SRI RANGANATHA S/O SHEKARAPPA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS. BOTH R/AT KALMANE VILLAGE SHIKARIPURA TALUK SHIVAMOGGA DISTRICT. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI PRAKASH LAMANI, ADV.) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY SHIVAMOGGA RURAL POLICE REPRESENTED BY THE STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU. 2. SRI RAMAPPA S/O MANJAPPA AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS. 3. SRI PRASHANTHA S/O RAMAPPA AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS. 4. SRI MANJUNATHA S/O RAMAPPA AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS. ALL R/AT KALMANE VILLAGE Digitally signed by NANDINI M S Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:16413 CRL.P No. 2918 of 2026 SHIKARIPURA TALUK SHIVAMOGGA DISTRICT. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. SOWMYA R, HCGP FOR R-1) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNSS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR DATED 22.06.2022 BEARING CRIME NO.144/2022 REGISTERED BY THE RESPONDENT NO.1- RURAL POLICE STATION SHIKARIPURA, FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 307,504, 506 R/W SECTION 34 OF IPC 1860. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER 1. Learned HCGP, on instructions and verification of the records, would indicate that charges have been framed long ago and the matter is at the fag end of the trial. 2. At this stage, entertainment of the petition under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023/Section 482 of Cr.PC, would run foul of the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of MINAKSHI BALA V. SUDHIR KUMAR1. 3. In that view, the petition is disposed off. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE 1 (1994) 4 SCC 142