- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31958 CRL.P No. 2997 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 29TH DAY OF JUNE, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 2997 OF 2024 BETWEEN: S.UMESH, S/O LATE SRIGIRYAPPA, AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, PRESENTLY RESIDING AT 'DEGULA', NO.301, PIPELINE ROAD, MAHALAKSHMI LAYOUT, BENGALURU - 560 096. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. NEHRU P., ADVOCATE) AND: A DOMNIC XAVIER MANI, S/O ARULDAS, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.14, 1ST CROSS, MEGANPALYA, CMR LAYOUT, KALYAN NAGAR POST, BENGALURU - 560 043. …RESPONDENT THIS CRL.P. IS FILED U/S.482 CR.P.C PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 12.09.2023 PASSED BY THE LEARNED XIII ACMM BENGALURU CITY IN C.C.NO.3164/2020 AND THE ORDER OF JUDGMENT DATED 09.01.2024 PASSED BY LEARNED LXV ADDITIONAL CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU CITY (CCH-66) IN Digitally signed by SHARADAVANI B Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31958 CRL.P No. 2997 of 2024 CRL.RP.NO.663/2023 AND ALLOW THE APPLICATION FILED UNDER SEC.45 R/W SEC.73 OF INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT AND TO OBTAIN THE HAND WRITING SPECIMEN OF THE ACCUSED AND REFER THE SAME ALONG WITH EX.P1 AND EX.P2 FOR OBTAINING EXPERT OPINION IN THIS CASE. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, 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 25.04.2026 seeking permission of this Court to dismiss the petition as not pressed. 2. Memo is taken on record, which reads as under: "The counsel for the petitioner respectfully prays that this Hon'ble Court be pleased to dismiss the above petition as not pressed to meet the ends of justice". 3. In view of the memo, this criminal petition is dismissed as not pressed. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE DH List No.: 1 Sl No.: 43