- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010474892026 NC: 2026:KHC:54702 CRL.P No. 10198 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 1ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANANT RAMANATH HEGDE CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 10198 OF 2026 (482(Cr.PC)/528(BNSS) BETWEEN: SRI. PUSHKAR, S/O.PRASANNAKUMAR, AGED ABOUT 23 YEARS, 56/2/108, 5TH CROSS ROAD, NEAR VRUNDA BAKERY, GARVEBHAVI PALYA, BANGALORE SOUTH, PO BEGUR, BENGALURU - 560 068. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. VENKATARAMA REDDY V., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY CUBBON PARK POLICE STATION, BANGALORE REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANGALORE - 560 001. 2. SHANMUGAM. N., THE POLICE INSPECTOR, SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TEAM, OF CCB, BANGALORE, STATE OF KARNATAKA. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. NAGHARISH, HCGP) Digitally Signed by ANANT RAMNATH HEGDE - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010474892026 NC: 2026:KHC:54702 CRL.P No. 10198 of 2026 THIS CRL.P IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNNS, 2023) BY THE ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER PRAYING THAT THIS HONOURABLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO QUASH THE FIR INITIATED BY THE RESPONDENT POLICE I.E. CUBBON PARK P.S. IN CR.NO.53/2026 IN THE OFFENCE COMMITTED UNDER SEC.318(4) OF BNS 41ST A.C.J.M AT BENGALURU BY ALLOWING THE ABOVE CRIMINAL PETITION AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANANT RAMANATH HEGDE ORAL ORDER Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned High Court Government Pleader appearing for respondents No.1 and 2. 2. This petition is filed to quash the FIR registered in Crime No.53/2026 for the offence under Section 318(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. The matter is pending before the XLI Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Bengaluru. Digitally Signed by ANANT RAMNATH HEGDE - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010474892026 NC: 2026:KHC:54702 CRL.P No. 10198 of 2026 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the issue raised in the present petition is covered in terms of the judgment of the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Crl.P.No.7799/2025. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also produced the copy of the said judgment. 6. Learned High Court Government Pleader does not dispute the submission. 7. Considering the fact that the issue is said to have been covered in terms of the aforementioned judgment and also considering the materials placed on record, the Court is of the view that the petition has to be allowed and the proceeding has to be quashed. 8. Hence the following: ORDER i. Petition is allowed. Digitally Signed by ANANT RAMNATH HEGDE - 4 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010474892026 NC: 2026:KHC:54702 CRL.P No. 10198 of 2026 ii. Proceedings pending in Crime No.53/2026 for the offence under Section 318(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in hereby quashed. (ANANT RAMANATH HEGDE) JUDGE PK List No.: 1 Sl No.: 27 Digitally Signed by ANANT RAMNATH HEGDE