- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:943 CRL.P No. 52 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. 52 OF 2026 BETWEEN: MR.S.K.NAGABUSHAN, S/O LATE S.G.KALLAPPA, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, R/AT 13TH CROSS, NEAR BANDEPALAYA GOVT. SCHOOL, SRINGARA, KYATASANDRA, TUMAKURU - 572 104. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. NAVEEN NAIKA M.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE BY KYATHASANDRA POLICE, TUMAKURU - 572 104. REPRESENTED BY ITS STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU - 560 001. 2. MRS. SUMA G.M, S/O YASHAVANTH, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, R/AT HONNENAHALLI VILLAGE, Digitally signed by NAGAVENI Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:943 CRL.P No. 52 of 2026 GANDASI HOBLI, ARASIKERE TALUK, HASSAN - 573 119 AND ALSO AT NO.280, SHAMBULINGESWARA NILAYA, NAGARABHAVI, BENGALURU - 560 072 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.B.N.JAGADEESHA, ADDL. SPP FOR R1; SRI.SATEESH CHANDRA K.V., ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNSS) BY THE ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER PRAYING THAT THIS HONOURABLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO QUASH THE COMPLAINT, FIR, CHARGE-SHEET, NOTICE AND PROCEEDINGS THEREOF IN C.C. NO: 14976/2025 (CRIME NO: 245/2025 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 SECTION 74 OF THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA ACT, 2023 AGAINST THE PETITIONER IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:943 CRL.P No. 52 of 2026 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioner calls in question the proceedings in C.C.No.14976/2025 registered for an offence punishable under Section 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act, 2023. 2. Heard Sri. Naveen Naika M, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Sri.B.N.Jagadeesha, Addl. SPP appearing for respondent No.1, Sri.Sateesh Chandra K.V., 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 Memorandum of 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: - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:943 CRL.P No. 52 of 2026 The Petitioner and the 2nd Respondent most humbly crave to submit as follows: 1. That the Petitioner has filed the present Criminal Petition in Crl. P. No: 52/2025 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. 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 2nd Respondent. 2. That the 2nd Respondent and Bhuvan Gowda have also filed a Criminal Petition in Crl. P. No: 42/2026 and Crl. P. No: 44/ 2026 respectively seeking quashing of the complaint, First Information Report, charge sheet, and all further proceedings in C.C. No. 15230/2025 and J C NO: 146/2025 respectively, 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, which was initiated at the instance of the Petitioner. 3. That during the pendency of the above proceedings, the Petitioner 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 she does not wish to pursue and prosecute the case in C.C. No: 14976/2025, arising out of Crime No:245/2025 of Kyathasandra Police Station, and she has no objection - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:943 CRL.P No. 52 of 2026 whatsoever to the quashing of the complaint, FIR, charge sheet, and all further proceedings therein against the Petitioner. 5. That the Petitioner herein states that he does not intend to prosecute the criminal case filed by her against the 2nd Respondent in C.C. No. 15230/2025 and J C NO: 146/2025, arising out of Crime No:242/2025 of Kyathasandra Police Station, and he has no objection whatsoever to the quashing of the complaint, FIR, charge sheet, and all further proceedings therein. 6. That the Petitioner 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 Petitioner 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 Crime No: 245/2025 (C C No: 14976/2025), on the file of the Court of the Principal Civil Judge and JMFC at Tumakuru) for the offence punishable under section 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, against the Petitioner, in the interest of justice and equity. Sd/- Sd/- Petitioner 2nd Respondent - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:943 CRL.P No. 52 of 2026 Sd/- Sd/- Advocate for Petitioner Advocate for 2nd Respondent VERIFICATION We, the Petitioner and the 2nd Respondent, do hereby solemnly state and declare that the content stated above are true and correct to the best of our knowledge, information and belief. Place:Bengaluru Sd/- Sd/- Date:07.01.2026 Petitioner 2nd Respondent" 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 petitioner in C.C.No.14976/2025 (Crime No.245/2025) pending before the Principal Civil Judge and JMFC, Tumakuru, stands quashed. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE CBC List No.: 1 Sl No.: 103