- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:19768 CRL.P No. 5180 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 5180 OF 2026 (482(Cr.PC) / 528(BNSS)) BETWEEN: 1. SRI. GOWTHAM H A S/O. LATE ASHWATH, AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS, R/AT NO.1379, GOLLAHALLI ROAD, VINAYAKANAGAR, HESSARGHATTA, BENGALURU - 560 088. 2. SRI. AKSHAY C, S/O. CHANDRASHEKAR, AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS, R/AT NEAR SHIVANJINEYA TEMPLE, SARVAMANGALA SADASHIVA BUILDING, HESSARGHATTA POST AND HOBLI, BENGALURU-560 088. &PETITIONERS (BY SRI. TEJAS N., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY SOLADEVANAHALLI POLICE, BENGALURU - 562 130. (REPRESENTED BY LEARNED STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HCK, BANGALORE - 01). 2. SRI. DINESH, S/O. MANJUNATH, AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS, R/AT HANUMANTHEGOWDA BUILDING, Digitally signed by SANJEEVINI J KARISHETTY Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:19768 CRL.P No. 5180 of 2026 HURULICHIKKANAHALLI VILLAGE, HESSARGHATTA HOBLI, BENGALURU - 560 088. &RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. CHANNAPA ERAPPA, HCGP FOR R1; SRI. MANJUNATH K., ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRL.P FILED U/S.482(FILED U/S.528 BNSS) CR.P.C PRAYING TO QUASH THE PROCEEDINGS IN C.C.NO.15636/2022 ON THE FILE OF THE HON9BLE CJM BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT, BENGALURU WHICH IS ARISING OUT OF CRIME NO.84/2022 OF SOLADEVANAHALLI POLICE STATION, BENGALURU FOR OFFENCE P/U/S 323, 324, 504, 506 R/W SECTION 34 OF IPC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioners are before this Court, seeking the following prayers: <Wherefore, the petitioners-accused No.1 and 2 above named most humbly prays that this Hon'ble court be pleased to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.15636/2022 on the file of Hon'ble Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru which is arising out of crime No.84/2022 of Soladevanahalli Police station, Bengaluru for offences under section 323, 324, 504, 506 read with 34 of I.P.C., as an abuse of process of law and grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court deems fit to grant in the facts and circumstances of the case in the ends of justice." - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:19768 CRL.P No. 5180 of 2026 2. Heard Sri. Tejas N, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, Sri.Channappa Erappa, learned HCGP appearing for respondent No.1, Sri. Manjunath K, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2 and have perused the material on record. 3. During the subsistence of the proceedings, the parties to the lis have entered into a settlement and have settled the dispute by filing Joint Memo drawing up certain terms of settlement. The Joint Memo filed by the parties to the lis reads as follows: <JOINT MEMO "The petitioners and respondents No.2 to 4 have mutually agreed to compound the offences alleged in the charge sheet in C.C. No.15636/2022 on the file of the Hon'ble Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru, arising out of Crime No.84/2022 of Soladevanahalli Police Station, Bengaluru, for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 324, 504, 506 read with Section 34 of the I.P.C. The second respondent and the injured victims, of their own volition and without any conditions, have come forward to compound the offences alleged against the petitioners, and consequently, they are consenting to the quashing of the proceedings against the petitioners in the aforesaid case, in order to prevent abuse of the process of law and to secure the ends of justice.= 4. The parties to the lis are present before the Court and are identified by their respective counsels. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:19768 CRL.P No. 5180 of 2026 5. In the light of the settlement arrived at between the parties notwithstanding the fact that the offence alleged is the one punishable under Section 323 of the IPC. For the reason that the dispute has been settled, I deem it appropriate to accept the Joint Memo and close the proceedings against the petitioners-accused Nos.1 and 2. Hence, the following: O R D E R [I] Criminal Petition is disposed. [II] Proceedings in C.C.No.15636/2022 pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru, qua the petitioners, stand quashed. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE CBC List No.: 2 Sl No.: 168