- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:3408-DB CCC No. 1162 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 1162 OF 2025 BETWEEN: SRI. MUNIREDDY S/O. LATE NADUPANNA, AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS, RESIDING AT MARAGONDANAHALLI, BIDARAHALLI HOBLI, BENGALURU EAST TALUK 560 036 …COMPLAINANT (BY SRI. MOHAN MAHABALESHWARA BHAT, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS ADDL. SECRETARY, VIDHANA SOUDHA, DR.AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BENGALURU 560 001. 2. R.VENKATESH KUMAR, I.A.S THE COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE IN KARNATAKA, NO.27, 2ND FLOOR, TTMC, SHANTHINAGAR BUS TERMINAL, SHANTHI NAGAR, Digitally signed by NIRMALA DEVI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:3408-DB CCC No. 1162 of 2025 BENGALURU-560 027 3. G.JAGADISH, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, BENGALURU DISTRICT, KHANDAYA BHAVAN, KEMPEGOWDA ROAD, BENGALURU 560 009 4. CAPTAIN AJITH KUMAR G.A., THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE, BENGALURU URBAN DISTRICT- (BUD-2), NO.244, 8TH E MAIN ROAD, H.R.B.R. LAYOUT, I BLOCK, BANSAWADI, BENGALURU - 560 043 5. SRI. NAGARAJA REDDY, S/O LATE NANJAPPA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS, 6. SRI.N.JAYARAMA REDDY, S/O LATE NANJAPPA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS, 7. SRI.N.ASHOK REDDY, S/O LATE NANJAPPA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS, 8. SRI.N.SURESH REDDY, S/O LATE NANJAPPA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, THE ACCUSED 5 TO 8 ARE RESIDING AT MARAGONDANAHALLI, BIDARAHALLI HOBLI, BENGALURU EAST TALUK-560 036 9. SMT. SHANKUTALAMMA, D/O OF LATE NANJAPPA REDDY, W/O JAYASHEEL, - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:3408-DB CCC No. 1162 of 2025 AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS, RESIDING AT KITHAGANOOR VILLAGE, BEDARAHALLI HOBLI, BENGALURU EAST TALUK-560 036. 10. H.K. PUTTASWAMY PARTNER M/S SRINIDHI RESIDENCY HOTEL AND RESTAURANT, NO.55, MARAGONDANAHALLI VILLAGE, BIDARAHALLI HOBLI, BENGALURU EAST TALUK-560 036. …ACCUSED (BY SRI. S.H. RAGHAVENDRA, AGA FOR A1 TO A4 SRI. M.R. RAJAGOPAL, SENIOR ADVCOATE FOR SRI. THILAK RAJ S.V, ADVOCATE FOR A5 TO A10) THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTION 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971 BY THE COMPLAINANT, PRAYING TO INITIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED FOR THEIR WILLFUL AND DELIBERATE DISOBEDIENCE OF THE ORDER DATED 24.02.2025 PASSED IN WP NO.18360/2021 AND PUNISH THE ACCUSED. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:3408-DB CCC No. 1162 of 2025 ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. The complainant has filed the present complaint alleging willful disobedience of the order dated 24.02.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition No.18360/2021 (KLR-CON). The said order was the subject matter of an appeal being Writ Appeal No.562/2025 (KLR-CON), which was disposed of in terms of the judgment dated 22.07.2025. In terms of the said order, the appeal was partly allowed. 2. In view of the above, the present complaint does not survive. The complaint is closed with liberty to the complainant to avail such remedies as available in law. The complainant is also not precluded from filing any complaint, in the event, the appellate order has not been complied with. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE ND List No.: 1 Sl No.: 40