- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31245 CRL.P No. 1545 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF JUNE, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 1545 OF 2026 BETWEEN: SRI SANTHOSHA K, S/O KRISHNAPPA, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, R/AT C/O RAJANNA BUILDING, CLARCK HOTEL NEAR, VIDYANAGARA CROSS, BENGALURU - 562157 PERMANENT RESIDENT OF THIPPE REDDY NAGENAHALLI PERESANDRA, CHICKKABALAPURA- 562104. …PETITIONER (BY SRI RAJATH, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA, BAGALURU POLICE, BENGALURU. REPTD. BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT BUILDINGS, BENGALURU - 560001. 2. SRI NAGARAJA BANDARU, S/O SRI GOVINDU, AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, Digitally signed by PADMAVATHI B K Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31245 CRL.P No. 1545 of 2026 NO. 1096/12, 7TH CROSS, A BLOCK, SAHAKARA NAGAR, BENGALURU - 560092 …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. RASHMI PATEL, HCGP FOR R-1; SRI BALARAJ, ADVOCATE FOR R-2 [VAKALATH FILED]) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNSS) TO ALLOW THIS CRL.P; QUASH THE FIR IN CR.NO.95/2025 FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 3(5) R/W SEC. 309(4), 311 OF THE BNS 2023, NOW PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE HON’BLE V ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSION JUDGE, DEVANAHALLI, BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT, IN S.C. NO. 15054/2025 AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER Petitioner – accused No.3 is before this Court calling in question proceedings in S.C.No.15054/2025 (arising out of complaint dated 08.05.2025; Crime No.95/2025 and an order of cognizance dated 28.08.2025), pending before the V Additional District and Sessions Judge, Devanahalli, Bengaluru Rural District, for the offences under Sections 310(2), 309(4), 311 r/w. 61(2) of the BNS. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31245 CRL.P No. 1545 of 2026 2. Heard Sri Rajath, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Smt. Rashmi Patel, learned High Court Government Pleader appearing for respondent No.1 and Sri Balaraj N., learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner and respondent No.2 would in unison submit that during the subsistence of these proceedings, the parties to the lis have entered into settlement amongst themselves by drawing up certain terms and conditions. The parties have filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023 along with a joint affidavit before this Court seeking permission to compound the offences. 4. The joint affidavit of settlement reads as follows: “1. That the present Petition has been preferred with a prayer to quash the proceedings in S.C No.15054/2025 pending before the Ld. V Addl District and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru Rural District arising out of Cr.No.95/2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 310 (2), 309 (4), 311 r.w Section 61 (2) of the B.N.S to meet the ends of justice. 2. It is prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to read the Memorandum of Petition along with this application to avoid repetition of facts. 3. The Respondent No.2 hereby states that the name of the Petitioner was included out of force and coercion and that the Petitioner has no role to play in any of the alleged incidents, much less in the act of extortion or robbery as is specified in the complaint and the final report; and that the allegations against the Petitioner herein are entirely false. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31245 CRL.P No. 1545 of 2026 4. The Petitioner herein undertakes not to Initiate any defamation/malicious prosecution suits as against the Respondent No.2 herein seeking damages for the lodging of the false case by the Respondent No.2 as against the Petitioner herein pursuant to the quashing of the proceedings stated supra. 5. At the intervention of elders, well-wishers and friends, the dispute between the parties have agreed to be solved between the parties and to buy peace and to maintain harmonious relationships between the parties, both the Petitioners and the Complainant and his family, have come forward to settle the disputes inter-se existing between them once and for all. 6. It is humbly stated that the compromise entered into between the parties is not out of force, coercion or by misrepresentation and that parties are before this Court out of their own will and volition. 7. It is further made clear that no parties shall interfere in the life and affairs of the other parties pursuant the present settlement.” In the light of the afore-quoted joint affidavit of the parties, I deem it appropriate to terminate the proceedings against the petitioner, as the dispute and the allegations are between the individuals and not against the State. 5. For the aforesaid reasons, the following: O R D E R (a) The criminal petition is disposed. (b) The proceedings in S.C.No.15054/2025 (arising out of complaint dated 08.05.2025; Crime No.95/2025 - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31245 CRL.P No. 1545 of 2026 and an order of cognizance dated 28.08.2025), qua the petitioner, stand quashed. I.A.No.1/2026 is also disposed, as a consequence. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE NVJ List No.: 3 Sl No.: 5