- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:34579 CRL.P No. 3861 of 2019 C/W CRL.P No. 3872 of 2019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF JULY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V HOSMANI CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3861 OF 2019 C/W CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3872 OF 2019 IN CRL.P No. 3861/2019 BETWEEN: THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MINES AND GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MANGALURU, DK. REPRESENTED BY THE STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT BUILDING BENGALURU - 560 001. …PETITIONER (BY SMT. SOWMYA R., HCGP) AND: 1. MR HAMEED AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS S/O ADRAM @ ABDUL RAHIMAN AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS R/A D.NO.#1-78 KALLANDADKA HOUSE KUDIPADI VILLAGE KABAKA POST, PUTTUR TALUK. REPRESENTED BY Digitally signed by ANUSHA V Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:34579 CRL.P No. 3861 of 2019 C/W CRL.P No. 3872 of 2019 HIS GPA HOLDER MR. MOIDEEN KUNHI AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS S/O ABDUL RAHIMAN R/A MANDYOOR HOUSE KANYANA POST & VILLAGE BANTWAL TALUK - 574 211. …RESPONDENT (BY RESPONDENT - SERVED & UNREPRESENTED) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S.482 CR.P.C PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 07.03.2019 PASSED BY THE PRINCIPAL DISTRICT AND SESSION JUDGE, DAKSHINA KANNADA, MANGALURU IN CRIMINAL MISC.NO.306/2019. IN CRL.P NO. 3872/2019 BETWEEN: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BAJPE POLICE STATION, MANGALURU, D.K., 2. SRI B K MOORTHY S/O SRI KRISHNAPPA AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS SENIOR GEOLOGIST MINES & MINERAL DEPARTMENT MANGALURU BOTH ARE REP BY THE STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT BUILDING BANGALORE - 560 001. ...PETITIONERS (BY SMT. SOWMYA R., HCGP) - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:34579 CRL.P No. 3861 of 2019 C/W CRL.P No. 3872 of 2019 AND: SRI SHIVARAM S/O BABU KUNDAR AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS R/O 5-208 GUDDE HITLU HOUSE MULOOR VILLAGE GURUPURA, MANGALURU - 575 001. ...RESPONDENT (BY SRI JEEVAN K., ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S.482 CR.P.C PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 27.02.2019 PASSED BY THE PRINCIPAL DISTRICT AND SESSION JUDGE, DAKSHINA KANNADA, MANGALURU IN CRIMINAL MISC.NO.286/2019. THESE PETITIONS, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V HOSMANI ORAL ORDER Challenging order dated 07.03.2019 passed by Principal District and Sessions Judge, Dakshina Kannada, Mangaluru, in Crl.Misc.no.306/2019 and order dated 27.02.2019 passed by Principal District and Sessions Judge, Dakshina Kannada, Mangaluru, in Crl.Misc.no.286/2019, these petition are filed. 2. Learned HCGP has filed a memo stating that during pendency of above petitions, main matter before trial Court has - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:34579 CRL.P No. 3861 of 2019 C/W CRL.P No. 3872 of 2019 ended being compounded, rendering above petitions infructuous. 3. Taking above memo on record, petitions are dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- (RAVI V HOSMANI) JUDGE YKL List No.: 1 Sl No.: 0