- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:3067 CRL.P No. 2203 of 2016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 20TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE M G UMA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 2203 OF 2016 BETWEEN: DR. D. S. ASWATH SON OF LATE SRI. K.V. SEENAPPA, AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS, NO.2, 60 FEET ROAD, SIDDIVINAYAKA LAYOUT, BOOPASANDRA, VIA SANJAY NAGAR, BANGALORE - 560 094. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. L.M. CHIDANANDAYYA, ADVOCATE) AND: STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TEAM, KARNATAKA LOKAYUKTA, HEBBAL, BENGALURU CITY, BENGALURU-560064. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. VENKATESH S. ARABATTI, SPL P P FOR RESP LOKAYUKTHA) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S.482 CR.P.C PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR IN SO FAR AS THE PETITIONER IS CONCERNED IN CR.NO.29/2014 FILED BY THE SIT, KARNATAKA LOKAYUKTA, BENGALURU FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 379, 420 R/W SEC.120(B) OF I.P.C., SEC.13(2) R/W 13(1)(D) OF P.C.ACT AND SEC.21 AND 23 R/W 4(1), 4(1)(A) OF M.M.D.R.ACT. Digitally signed by NANDINI B G Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:3067 CRL.P No. 2203 of 2016 THIS CRL.P, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE M G UMA ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a memo reporting the death of the petitioner-accused. The death certificate is also produced and the same are placed on record. Hence, the petition is dismissed as abated. Sd/- (M G UMA) JUDGE BH CT:VS List No.: 2 Sl No.: 0