- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31588 CRL.P No. 1107 of 2019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 24TH DAY OF JUNE, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V HOSMANI CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 1107 OF 2019 BETWEEN: 1. SRI. MOHANDAS S/O LATE KEMPEGOWDA, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, 2. SMT. SHYLAJA W/O SRI MOHAN DAS, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, BOTH ARE R/AT MALUR PATNA VILLAGE, CHANNAPATNA TALUK, RAMANAGARA DISTRICT - 562 160. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. KEMPARAJU, ADVOCATE (ABSENT)) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY BESCOM VIGILANCE P.S., RAMANAGARA, RAMANAGARA DISTRICT, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT COMPLEX, BENGALURU - 560 001. 2. B. HEMAKSHA I/C JUNIOR ENGINEER, ACM-02, KODAMBALLI, CHANNAPATNA RURAL SUB-DIVISIION, Digitally signed by SHARADAVANI B Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31588 CRL.P No. 1107 of 2019 RAMANAGARA DISTRICT - 562 138. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. SOWMYA R, HCGP FOR R1; SRI. P. PRASANNA KUMAR, ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S.482 OF CR.P.C PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS IN SPL.C.NO.6/2018 FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S 135 OF ELECTIRICTIY ACT,PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, RAMANAGARA, RAMANAGARA DISTRICT. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V HOSMANI ORAL ORDER Learned High Court Government Pleader for respondent - State has filed a Memo stating that during pendency of above petition, proceedings before trial Court continued and ended in an order of acquittal dated 02.12.2025 rendering above petition infructuous. 2. Taking Memo on record, Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- (RAVI V HOSMANI) JUDGE HNM List No.: 2 Sl No.: 3