- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:29118 CRL.P No. 7806 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 16TH DAY OF JUNE, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 7806 OF 2026 BETWEEN: 1. SMT. NAVYA SHREE H, D/O. HANUMANTHRAJU G. @ RAJENDRA. W/O. SHIVAKUMAR T.B. AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS. 2. KUMARI. DISHA GOWDA S. D/O. SHIVAKUMAR T.B. AGED ABOUT 6 YEARS, 2ND PETITIONER IS BEING MINOR REPRESENTED BY HER MOTHER AS NATURAL GUARDIAN SMT. NAVYA SHREE H, BOTH RESIDING AT NO.27, 1ST CROSS, MANJUNATH NAGAR, MAGADI ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 023. …PETITIONERS Digitally signed by SANJEEVINI J KARISHETTY Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:29118 CRL.P No. 7806 of 2026 (BY SRI. SHRIDHARA K, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI. SHIVAKUMAR T B., S/O. LATE K. BASAVARAJU, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, RESIDING AT YADAMARANAHALLI VILLAGE AND POST, UYYAMBALLI HOBLI, KANAKAPURA TALUK, RAMANAGAR - 562 117. WORKING AT SRI. SHIVAKUMAR T.B., S.D.A, TALUK OFFICE, MAGADI TOWN, RAMANAGAR - 562 120. …RESPONDENT THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 OF CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNNS) PRAYING TO DIRECTING THE LEARNED J.M.F.C (TRAFFIC COURT-V AT BENGALURU TO DISPOSE OF CRL.MISC.NO.48/2022 WITHIN A TIME FRAME TO BE FIXED BY THE HONBLE COURT. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:29118 CRL.P No. 7806 of 2026 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioners are before the Court seeking the following prayers: "a) Directing the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class (Traffic Court - V) at Bengaluru, to dispose of Criminal Miscellaneous No.48/2022 within a time frame to be fixed by this Hon'ble Court, in accordance with law; b) Pass such other order or direction as this Hon'ble Court deems fit under the facts and circumstances of the case, in the interest of justice and equity." 2. The petitioners were before the concerned Court in a proceeding instituted by the wife invoking Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The issue is not with regard to the merit of the matter. The matter has been pending before the concerned Court since 2022 and four years have passed by. In the light of the statutory mandate of the proceeding to be concluded within six months from the date of its institution, the matter is pending for four years is appalling. 3. In that light, I deem it appropriate to infuse finality into the proceedings with a direction to the concerned Court to - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:29118 CRL.P No. 7806 of 2026 conclude the proceedings within an outer limit of three months from the date of receipt of the copy of the order, if not earlier, in accordance with law. 4. It is needless to observe that the parties to the lis would co-operate to comply with the directions in the subject matter. 5. With the aforesaid observation, the petition stands disposed. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE JY List No.: 1 Sl No.: 63