- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:944 CRL.P No. 44 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. 44 OF 2026 BETWEEN: MR. BHUVAN GOWDA, S/O H.G.YESHWANTH, AGED ABOUT 16 YEARS, SINCE MINOR REPRESENTED BY HIS NATURAL GUARDIAN, MR. H.G.YESHWANTH, S/O GOVINDAPPA, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, R/AT 280, 13TH CROSS, 13TH BLOCK, NEAR SWATHI HOTEL, NAGARBHAVI 2ND STAGE, BENGALURU NORTH TALUK, BENGALURU – 560 072. …PETITIONER (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. Digitally signed by NAGAVENI Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:944 CRL.P No. 44 of 2026 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 AND PROCEEDINGS THEREOF IN JC NO: 146/2025 OF (CRIME NO: 242/2025 OF KYATHASANDRA POLICE STATION), ON THE FILE OF THE COURT OF THE JUVENILE COURT, AT TUMKURU, 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 PETITIONER. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:944 CRL.P No. 44 of 2026 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioner calls in question the proceedings in J.C.NO. 146/2025 registered for an offence 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: “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: - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:944 CRL.P No. 44 of 2026 1. That the Petitioner have filed the present Criminal Petition, in Crl. P. No: 44/2026, 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 J C No: 146/2023, arising out of Crime No. 242/2025 of Kyathasandra Police Station, pending on the file of the Juvenile Justice Board, 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 Petitioner's mother. 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. 4. That the 2nd Respondent herein states that he does not wish to pursue and prosecute the case in J C No: 146/2025, pending on the file of the Juvenile Justice Board, at Tumakuru, against the Petitioner and C.C. No. 15230/2025 on the file of the Court of the Principal Civil Judge and JMFC at Tumkuru, against other Accused Persons, arising out of Crime No: 242/2025. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:944 CRL.P No. 44 of 2026 5. That the Petitioner's mother, who is also 1st Petitioner in Crl. P. No:42/2026 herein agreed and state 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 Petitioner 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 J C No: 146/2005 (Crime No:242/2025), on the file of the Juvenile Justice Board, Tumakuru, for the offences punishable under sections 115(2), 352 read with section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, against the Petitioner, in the interest of justice and equity.” 4. In light of the compromise arrived at by way of Compromise Petition between the parties as afore-quoted, I pass the following: - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:944 CRL.P No. 44 of 2026 ORDER i. Criminal Petition is disposed. ii. Proceedings in J.C.No.146/2025 (Crime No.242/2025) pending before the Juvenile Justice Board, Tumakuru, qua the petitioner, stands quashed. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE CBC List No.: 1 Sl No.: 102