- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:30504 CRL.P No. 13291 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF JUNE, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 13291 OF 2025 BETWEEN: SRI. BASANAGOUDA R PATIL (YATNAL), S/O RAMANAGOUDA B PATIL, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, OCC: MLA VIJAYPURA CONSTITUENCY OLD IB, STATION ROAD, VIJAYPURA-586101, KARNATAKA, ALSO AT SINDAGI ROAD MAHAL AINAPUR, AINAPURA, BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA-586104. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. DALWAI VENKATESH.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA, BY KOPPAL TOWN POLICE STATION, KOPPAL-583231, REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU-560001. 2. SRI.MALLIKARJUNA, S/O BASAVVA PUJARA, AGED 40 YEARS, OCC:CONTRACTOR, ADD: KUVEMPU NAGAR, Digitally signed by SANJEEVINI J KARISHETTY Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:30504 CRL.P No. 13291 of 2025 KOPPAL DISTRICT-583231. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.K.NAGESHWARAPPA, HCGP FOR R1; R2 SERVED) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.P.C (U/S 528 BNSS) PRAYING TO QUASH FIR BEARING NO.ZERO-0001/2025 REGISTERED BY KOPPAL TOWN P.S. DTD 16.09.2025, PENDING ON THE FILE OF COURT OF PRL. DISTRICT AND SESSIONS COURT, KOPPAL DISTRICT, KOPPAL, FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 3(1)(s) OF SC/ST ACT, 1989, U/S 352 OF BNS, 2023, PRODUCED AT DOCUMENT NO.1, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER Learned HCGP appearing for the respondent-State on instructions would submit that the ‘B’ report has been filed. 2. In the light of filing of the ‘B’ report, the present petition has rendered infructuous. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:30504 CRL.P No. 13291 of 2025 3. Reserving liberty to the petitioner to knock at the doors of appropriate fora, in the event of need, the petition stands disposed. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE CBC List No.: 2 Sl No.: 38