- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:9797 CRL.RP No. 338 of 2017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO. 338 OF 2017 BETWEEN: 1. SRI. K. U. ANANDA S/O LATE K.K.UTHAIAH, AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS, R/O THANNIMANI, BHAGAMANDALA POST, MADIKERI TALUK - 571 201. KODAGU DISTRICT. …PETITIONER (BY SRI.YOGITHA MUDAKANNAVAR., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE BY SOMWARPET POLICE SOMWARPET, KODAGU DISTRICT REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT BUILDING BANGALORE - 560 001. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. CHANNAPPA ERAPPA, ADVOCATE) CRL.RP FILED U/S.397 R/W 401 CR.P.C BY THE ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER PRAYING THAT THIS HON'BLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT OF THE PRL. CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, SOMWARPET, C.C.NO.515/2006 DATED 16.01.2015 AND JUDGMENT PASSED BY THE I ADDL. DIST. AND S.J., KODAGU AT MADIKERI IN CRL.A.NO.15/2015 DATED 08.02.2017. Digitally signed by NANDINI M S Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:9797 CRL.RP No. 338 of 2017 THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR FINAL HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a memo dated 19.11.2025 reporting the death of the sole petitioner who is convicted and sentenced by the Courts below for the offence punishable under Section 408 of IPC. Along with the memo, learned counsel for the petitioner has also furnished death certificate of the petitioner. The death certificate produced along with the memo would show that petitioner K.U.Ananda has died on 28.06.2019. Under these circumstances, the revision petition is dismissed as abetted. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE RJ List No.: 1 Sl No.: 57