- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010509092019 NC: 2026:KHC:51527 CRL.P No. 460 of 2020 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.P.SANDESH CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 460 OF 2020 BETWEEN: 1. S.A. JHAN MOHAMMED AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, S/O AMIR KHAN, R/AT NO 20, TRIPLICANE HIGH ROAD, CHENNAI - 600 005. 2. MRS. JAMEELA BEGUM AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS, W/O S.A. JHAN MOHAMMED, R/AT NO. 20, TRIPLICANE HIGH ROAD, CHENNAI - 600 005. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. CHANDRAHASA RAI B, ADVOCATE (ABSENT)) AND: LIFESTYLE INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED OFFICE/AT 77, DEGREE TOWN CENTRE, BUILDING NO.3, WEST WING, OFF OLD AIRPORT ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 037, REPRESENTED BY ITS AUTHORISED SIGNATORY S. CHANDRASHEKARAN. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. SANJANTHI SAJAN POOVAYYA, ADVOCATE) Digitally signed by DEVIKA M Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010509092019 NC: 2026:KHC:51527 CRL.P No. 460 of 2020 THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 OF CR.P.C. PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS IN C.C.NO.53417/2018 PENDING ON THE FILE OF XVII A.S.C.J. AND A.C.M.M., BENGALURU ARISING OUT OF COMPLAINT AS PER ANNEXURE-A. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.P.SANDESH ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioners is absent. 2. Learned counsel for the respondent submits that the petition has become infructuous, as the petitioner has been convicted, and the said conviction has been confirmed in appeal as well as in revision. It is further submitted that the matter is now pending before the Hon’ble Apex Court. Since the challenge in the present petition is confined to the taking of cognizance of the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the petition has become infructuous. - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010509092019 NC: 2026:KHC:51527 CRL.P No. 460 of 2020 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has produced the relevant documents in support of the said submission. 5. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- (H.P.SANDESH) JUDGE GJM List No.: 1 Sl No.: 21