- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25238 WP No. 15131 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF MAY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. V. ARAVIND WRIT PETITION No. 15131 OF 2026 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: 1. SRI. NARASIMHAMURTHY, S/O LOKESH, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, R/AT No.57, 9TH F CROSS, VINAYAKANAGARA, HEGGANAHALLI CROSS, BENGALURU 560 091. 2. SMT. LAKSHMI NARASAMMA, W/O LOKESH, AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS, R/AT No.490, 4TH MAIN ROAD, LAKSHMANANAGARA, HEGGANAHALLI CROSS, NEAR NEW BALDWIN SCHOOL, BENGALURU NORTH TALUK, BENGALURU - 560 091. 3. SMT. BHAGEERATHI, W/O DEVARAJU, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS. 4. SRI. DEVARAJU L., S/O LAKSHMINARASIMHAIAH, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, PETITIONER No.3 & 4 ARE R/AT No.38/1, SRIHARI NIVASA, 11TH A MAIN ROAD, Digitally signed by VINUTHA B S Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25238 WP No. 15131 of 2026 KALAPPA BLOCK, SRINAGARA, BENGALURU-560050. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI MAHESH K. H., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA, BY WEST WOMEN POLICE STATION, BENGALURU 560 023, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE. 2. SMT. BRUNDA H. K., W/O NARASIMHAMURTHY, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, RESIDING AT No.54, 6TH CROSS, SANJEEVININAGARA, HEGGANAHALLI CROSS, BENGALURU 560 091. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI HARISH GANAPATHI, HCGP FOR R1; SRI AMARESH R., ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA R/W SECTION 528 OF BNSS, PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR IN CR.No.63/2026 DATED 08/04/2026 FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 85, 115(2), 351(2), 352 R/W 3(5) OF BNS, 2023 PENDING ON THE FILE OF XXIV ADDL. CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, BENGALURU CITY, PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE-B. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. V. ARAVIND - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25238 WP No. 15131 of 2026 ORAL ORDER Heard Sri K.H. Mahesh, learned counsel for the petitioners; Sri Harish Ganapathi, learned High Court Government Pleader for respondent No.1; and Sri R. Amaresh, learned counsel for respondent No.2. 2. This petition is filed by accused Nos.1 to 4 under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’), seeking quashing of the proceedings in Crime No.63/2026 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 85, 115(2), 351(2) and 352 read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNS’), pending on the file of the XXIV Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru City. 3. During the pendency of this petition, the learned counsel for the petitioners has filed a joint memo dated 21.05.2026, signed by the petitioners and respondent No.2, stating that, with the intervention of well-wishers, the dispute between the parties has been amicably resolved. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25238 WP No. 15131 of 2026 4. The petitioners and respondent No.2 are present before the Court and have been identified by their respective learned counsel. The complainant/respondent No.2 submits that the dispute between the parties has been amicably settled. 5. The joint memo reads as follows: " JOINT MEMO It is respectfully submitted that, the Petitioners and the 2nd Respondent herein have amicably settled the present lis among themselves with the intervention of the well-wishers and the elders in the family, the 2nd respondent herein has agreed for the quashing of the present FIR dated 08.04.2026 bearing No.63/2026 lodged by the 1st Respondent Police on the file of XXIV Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru City. Hence this memo along with the affidavit may kindly be taken on record and the present Writ Petition be allowed in the interest of justice and equity." 6. There is no impediment to accept the joint memo and quashing the proceedings, as the dispute is between family members and the same has been amicably settled among themselves. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25238 WP No. 15131 of 2026 7. In view of the above and in acceptance of the joint memo, the following order is passed: Order (i) The writ petition is allowed. (ii) The proceedings in Crime No.63/2026 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 85, 115(2), 351(2) and 352 read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNS’), pending on the file of the XXIV Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru City, are hereby quashed. Sd/- (K. V. ARAVIND) JUDGE MV List No.: 1 Sl No.: 130