- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC-D:1454 CRL.P No. 104955 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA,AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 3RD DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.SRISHANANDA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 104955 OF 2025 (482(CR.PC)/528(BNSS)) BETWEEN: MAHADEV S/O PUNDALIK GAVANDI AGE. 45 YEARS, OCC. COOLIE, R/O. BAHIREWADI, TQ. AJARA, DIST. KOLHAPUR, MAHARASHTRA 416220, NOW AT AYODHYA NAGAR, GADHINGLAJ, DIST. KOLHAPUR, MAHARASHTRA, ARRAYED AS ACCUSED NO.4 IN THE CHARGE SHEET WRONGLY SHOWN IN THE CHARGE SHEET AS PUNDALIK S/O MAHADEV GAWANDI …PETITIONER (BY SRI. KIRAN ANGADI, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, BY PSI, NIPPANI RURAL PS, REP. BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD. 2. SUNIL S/O ASHOK NAIK AGE. 30 YEARS, OCC. AGRICULTURE, R/O. A/P. BALEBAMELAKEL, NIPPANI TALUKA, DIST. BELAGAVI 591237. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. KIRTILATA R. PATIL, HCGP FOR R1; NOTICE SERVED TO R2) THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 483 OF BNSS, 2023 SEEKING TO QUASH THE FIR AND COMPLAINT IN NIPPANI RURAL PS CRIME NO. 93/2024 FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE U/SES. 61(2)(A), 332 (A), 103, 238 R/W SEC. 3(5) OF BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023, WHEREIN HE IS ARRAYED AS ACCUSED NO.4, AND ALL FURTHER PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT THERETO IN SC NO. 5031/2025, PENDING BEFORE THE COURT OF VII ADDL. DIST. AND CHANDRASHEKAR LAXMAN KATTIMANI Digitally signed by CHANDRASHEKAR LAXMAN KATTIMANI Date: 2026.02.04 12:57:45 +0530 - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC-D:1454 CRL.P No. 104955 of 2025 SESSIONS JUDGE, BELAGAVI, SITTING AT CHIKKODI, IN SO FAR AS THE PETITIONER IS CONCERNED, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE. THIS CRIMINAL PETITION COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: ORAL ORDER (PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.SRISHANANDA) Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a memo seeking withdrawal of the petition. The memo reads as under: "Herein, the counsel representing the petitioner seeks to withdraw the above mentioned criminal petition with a liberty to file appropriate Discharge Application before the trial court and also seeks to file fresh petition before this Court, in the interest of justice and equity. ” Placing the memo on record, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. Sd/- (V.SRISHANANDA) JUDGE SMM, CT:CMU LIST NO.: 1 SL NO.: 32