- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31871 CRL.P No. 7345 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 25TH DAY OF JUNE, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 7345 OF 2024 BETWEEN: VINAY SRINIVAS, S/O SRINIVASA MURTHY, AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, PRESENTLY R/AT NO.28/31, MAITRINILAYA, 2ND MAIN ROAD, 5TH CROSS, BANASHANKARI 3RD STAGE, BANGALORE-560070. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. ANKITH S REDDY, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY MYSURU WOMEN POLICE STATION, MYSURU, REP. BY GOVT. PLEADER, BANGALORE-560001. 2. SURAKSHA, W/O VINAY SRINIVAS, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, PRESENTLY R/AT #461, 2ND MAIN ROAD, OPP. MUDA PARK, V.T.U. COLLEGE ROAD, SATAGALLI, MYSURU-570019. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. DEEPTHI ALVA, HCGP FOR R-1; SRI. VINAY SHREYAS K.V., ADVOCATE FOR R-2) Digitally signed by PADMAVATHI B K Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31871 CRL.P No. 7345 of 2024 THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S.482 CR.P.C TO QUASH THE CHARGE SHEET IN CR.NO.4/2021 BEFORE THE MYSURU WOMEN POLICE STATION, MYSURU DISTRICT AND THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PETITIONER PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE HON’BLE XIII ADDITIONAL CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, MYSURU IN C.C.NO.2718/2022 FOR OFFENCE UNDER SECTIONS 498-A, 506, 34 OF IPC, 1860 R/W SECTIONS 3, 4, 6 OF DP ACT 1961. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioner is before this Court calling in question the proceedings in C.C.No.2718/2022 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 506 and 34 of the IPC and Sections 3, 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. Heard Sri. Ankith S. Reddy, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Smt. Deepthi Alva, learned HCGP appearing for respondent No.1, Sri. Vinay Shreyas K.V., learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2 and have perused the material on record. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31871 CRL.P No. 7345 of 2024 3. The parties to the lis have settled the dispute by drawing up terms of settlement before the Division Bench of this Court in M.F.A.No.4149/2024 C/w M.F.A.No.3924/2024. In the said order, the said joint affidavit filed before the Division Bench records the closure of the present proceedings. The allegation is the wife is now not cooperating with the closure of the present proceedings. The Memo filed by the petitioner before this Court reads as follows: “The Petitioner humbly submits as follows: 1. I state that the instant Petition has been filed to quash the Proceedings in C.C.No. 2718/2022 on the board of XIII Addl. Civil judge and JMFC, Mysuru in Crime No. 4/2021 lodged by the Mysuru Women Police Station for offences under Sections 498A, 504, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, read with Sections 3, 4 & 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. The Petitioner is arraigned as Accused, and the Respondent No.2 is the wife of the Petitioner and the de facto complainant. The Petitioner herein and the Respondent No.2 have settled their matrimonial differences by entering into a settlement in MFA No. 4149/2024, clubbed with MFA No. 3924/2024 before this Hon’ble Court, under Section 89 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, read with Rules 24 and 25 of the Karnataka Civil Procedure (Mediation) Rules, 2005, in the interest of justice. The Copy of the Order dated 16/02/2026 is annexed herewith for the kind consideration of this Hon’ble Court. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31871 CRL.P No. 7345 of 2024 3. The dispute between the Respondent No.2 and the Petitioner is private and personal in nature, they are stemming from marital discord between them. 4. I state that the differences between all parties concerned are settled in MFA No. 4149/2024, clubbed with MFA. No. 3924/2024, this Honb’le Court has accepted the Mediation Settlement Agreement and the Application under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, by way of an order dated 16/02/2026. However, the Respondent No.2 has not cooperated with the closure of this Petition despite the lapse of a period of 4 months. The Counsel on record for the aforesaid MFA’s has been informed, and yet the Respondent No.2 has failed to appear before this Hon’ble Court to assist in quashing the proceedings against us. 5. Since the matter is amicably settled between the Petitioner and the Respondent No.2, this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.2718/2022 on the board of XIII Addl. Civil Judge and JMFC, Mysuru in Crime No.4/2021 lodged by the Mysuru Women Police Station for offences under Sections 498A, 504, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, read with Sections 3, 4 & 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. WHEREFORE, the Petitioner No.2 and the Respondent No.2 humbly pray that this Hon’ble Court be pleased to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.2718/2022 on the board of XIII Addl. Civil Judge and JMFC, Mysuru, in Crime No.4/2021 lodged by the Mysuru Women Police Station for offences under Sections 498A, 504, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, read with Sections 3, 4 & 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, in the interest of justice.” - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31871 CRL.P No. 7345 of 2024 4. In the light of the settlement before the Division Bench, the following: ORDER [I] Criminal Petition is disposed. [II] Proceedings in C.C.No.2718/2022 pending before the XIII Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Mysuru, stands quashed qua the petitioner. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE CBC List No.: 2 Sl No.: 47