- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:17906 CRL.RP No. 512 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 1ST DAY OF APRIL, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO. 512 OF 2026 BETWEEN: SRI. G.N. NAGARAJ SON OF LATE NANJAPPA, AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS, RESIDING NEAR BENGALURU CIRCLE, B.H.ROAD, GOWRIBIDANUR TOWN, CHICKBALLAPUR DISTRICT - 561 208. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. K.R. SREENIVASA PATAVARDHAN, ADVOCATE) AND: SMT. K.R. YOGITHA WIFE OF MANJUNATH, DAUGHTER OF LATE RAMESH KUMAR, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, CHAIRMAN, SRI. SAI VIDYANIKETAN TRUST, EARLIER RESIDING AT NO.6, 5TH CROSS, SAI ARCADE, 3RD CROSS, MANORAYANAPALYA, R.T.NAGAR POST, BENGALURU, AT PRESENT RESIDING AT NO. 1002, 17TH BLOCK, RAIN TREE BOULEVARD APARTMENTS, ANNEXE L AND AMP T, BYATARAYANAPURA, BENGALURU - 560 092. …RESPONDENT Digitally signed by MALATESH K C Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:17906 CRL.RP No. 512 of 2026 THIS CRL.RP IS FILED U/S 397 R/W 401 OF CR.PC (FILED U/S 438 R/W 442 BNSS) PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE JUDGMENT AND ORDER PASSED BY THE LEARNED PRL.DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE AT CHIKKABALLAPURA CRL.A.NO.66/2025 DATED 30.12.2025 BY CONFIRMING ORDER OF CONVICTION AND SENTENCE PASSED BY PRL.CIVIL JUDGE AND J.M.F.C AT GOWRIBIDANUR IN C.C.NO.1284/2024 DATED 20.08.2025. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA ORAL ORDER 1. Office has raised objection with regard to the maintainability of revision petition. 2. Revision petitioner is the defacto complainant challenging the Order of acquittal passed in Criminal Appeal No.66/2025 reversing the judgment passed in C.C. No.1284/2024 convicting the accused for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:17906 CRL.RP No. 512 of 2026 3. Against such an order of the First Appellate Court, an appeal lies. Therefore, a memo is filed on behalf of the revision petitioner. Memo reads as under : "The petitioner seeks leave of this Hon'ble Court to withdraw the above revision petition as appeal has to be filed. The petitioner seeks liberty to prefer the appeal. Hence this memo to withdraw the above revision in the interest of justice." 4. Placing the memo on record, criminal revision petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. 5. Time spent before this Court in this revision shall be excluded while computing the period of limitation under Section 14 of the Limitation Act. 6. Certified copies of the records are to be returned after keeping the photocopy. Sd/- (V SRISHANANDA) JUDGE SNC List No.: 1 Sl No.: 15