- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:945 CRL.P No. 42 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 7TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 42 OF 2026 BETWEEN: 1. MRS. SUMA G. M., S/O YASHAVANTH, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, R/AT NO.280, SHAMBULINGESWARA NILAYA, NAGARABHAVI, BENGALURU - 560 072, AND ALSO AT HONNENAHALLI VILLAGE, GANDASI HOBLI, ARASIKERE TALUK, HASSAN - 573 119. 2. MR. LAKSHMISAGAR, S/O RAMCHANDRA, AGED ABOUT 21 YEARS, R/AT VALAGERAHALLI VILLAGE, ANATHI POST, BAGAURU HOBLI, CHANNARAYAPATTANA TALUK, HASSAN - 573 116. 3. MRS. A.C.SHOBHA, W/O K.N.CHANDRASHEKARAIAH, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/AT NO.57/8, BEEREWSHWARA NIVASA, NEAR WATER TANK, NAYANDAHALLI, BENGALURU SOUTH, BENGALURU - 560 039, AND ALSO AT NO.371, MANASWI NILAYA, ARKAVATHI ROAD, 8TH BLOCK, Digitally signed by NAGAVENI Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:945 CRL.P No. 42 of 2026 SRI M.VISWESWARAIAH LAYOUT, BENGALURU - 560 056. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. K.V.SATEESHCHANDRA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE BY KYATHASANDRA POLICE STATION, TUMAKURU - 572 104. REPRESENTED BY ITS STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU - 560 001. 2. MR. S.K.NAGABUSHAN, S/O LATE S.G.KALLAIAH, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, R/AT 13TH CROSS, NEAR BANDEPALAYA GOVT. SCHOOL, SRINGARA, KYATASANDRA, TUMAKURU - 572 104. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. B.N.JAGADEESHA, ADDL. SPP FOR R1; SRI. NAVEEN NAIK, ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNSS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE COMPLAINT, FIR, CHARGE- SHEET, NOTICE AND PROCEEDINGS THEREOF IN C.C. NO: 15230/2025 (CRIME NO: 242/2025 OF KYATHASANDRA POLICE STATION), ON THE FILE OF THE COURT OF THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL JUDGE AND J.M.F.C. AT TUMAKURU FOR THE ALLEGED OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 115 (2), 118(1), 118(2), 352, 3(5) OF THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA ACT, 2023 IN SO FAR AS TO THE PETITIONERS. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:945 CRL.P No. 42 of 2026 THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR , THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioner calls in question the proceedings in C.C.No.15230/2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 118(1), 118(2), 352, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act, 2023. 2. Heard Sri.Sateesh Chandra K.V., learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Sri.B.N.Jagadeesha, Addl. SPP appearing for respondent No.1, Sri. Naveen Naik, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2 and have perused the material on record. 3. During the pendency of these proceedings, it transpires that the parties to the lis have entered into a compromise and the Compromise Petition reads as follows: - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:945 CRL.P No. 42 of 2026 “COMPROMISE PETITION FILED BY THE PETITIONER AND THE 2ND RESPONDENT TO THE ABOVE PETITION UNDER SECTION 582 OF THE BHARTIYA NAGARIKA SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023: The Petitioner and the 2nd Respondent most humbly crave to submit as follows: 1. That the Petitioners have filed the present Criminal Petition in Crl. P. No: 42/2026, under section 582 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, seeking quashing of the complaint, First Information Report, charge sheet, and all further proceedings in C.C. No. 15230/2025, arising out of Crime No. 242/2025 of Kyathasandra Police Station, pending on the file of the Court of the Principal Civil Judge and JMFC, Tumakuru, for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 118(1), 118(2), 352, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. That the 2nd Respondent has also filed a Criminal Petition in Crl. P. No: 52/2026 seeking quashing of the complaint, First Information Report, charge sheet, and all further proceedings in C.C. No. 14976/2025, arising out of Crime No. 245/2025 of Kyathasandra Police Station, pending on the file of the Court of the Principal Civil Judge and JMFC, Tumakuru, registered for the alleged offence punishable under section 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which was initiated at the instance of the 1st Petitioner. 3. That during the pendency of the above proceedings, the Petitioners and the 2nd Respondent, with the intervention of elders and well-wishers, have amicably settled the entire dispute, which had arisen out of a misunderstanding and a sudden altercation. In view of the said settlement, the Parties have mutually agreed to withdraw from all criminal proceedings initiated by them against each other and have consented to the quashing of the complaints, FIRs, charge sheets, and all consequential proceedings. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:945 CRL.P No. 42 of 2026 4. That the 2nd Respondent herein states that he does not wish to pursue and prosecute the case in C.C. No. 15230/2025, on the file of the Court of the Principal Civil Judge and JMFC at Tumkuru, against the Petitioners and juvenile proceedings in J C NO: 146/2025, pending on the file of the Juvenile Justice Board, at Tumakuru, against Bhuvan Gowad, arising out of Crime No: 242/2025. 5. That the 1ST Petitioner herein states that she does not intend to prosecute the criminal case filed by her against the 2nd Respondent in C.C. No. 14976/2025, arising out of Crime No:245/2025 of Kyathasandra Police Station, and she has no objection whatsoever to the quashing of the complaint, FIR, charge sheet, and all further proceedings therein. 6. That the Petitioners and the 2nd Respondent jointly affirm that the compromise arrived at between them is voluntary, lawful, and bona fide, and has been entered into without any coercion, undue influence, threat, or misrepresentation from any quarter. 7. That the Petitioners and the 2nd Respondent mutually agree that the neither part shall hereafter make any claim, demand or initiate any civil or criminal proceedings against each other arising out, and all such claims, if any, shall be deemed to have been finally settled; 8. That the Parties above named withdrawn all the allegations made against each other either in this petition or orally. PRAYER WHEREFORE, the Petitioners and the 2nd Respondent most humbly pray that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to quash the complaint, First Investigation Report, chargesheet and all proceedings, in C C No:15230/2025 (Crime No:242/2025), on the file of the Court of the Principal Civil Judge and JMFC at Tumakuru, for the offences punishable under sections 115(2), 118(1), 118(2), 352 read with section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, against the Petitioners, in the interest of justice and equity. - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:945 CRL.P No. 42 of 2026 4. In light of the compromise arrived at by way of Compromise Petition between the parties as afore-quoted, I pass the following: ORDER i. Criminal Petition is disposed. ii. Proceedings against the petitioners in C.C.No.15230/2025 (Crime No.242/2025), pending before the Principal Civil Judge and JMFC at Tumakuru, stands quashed. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE CBC List No.: 1 Sl No.: 67