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M. NAGAPRASANNA
Nagulavancha Sridhar Rao, S/o. N. Lakshman Rao – Appellant
Versus
State Of Karnataka, Represented By S. H. O. Vijayanagara – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The petitioners are before this Court calling in question registration of crime in Crime No.154 of 2021 registered on 05-10-2021 for offences punishable under Sections 420, 448, 506 and 34 of the IPC.
2. Shorn of unnecessary details, facts in brief, are as follows:-
The 2nd respondent is the complainant and a partner with the 1st petitioner. Petitioners 2 and 3 are roped in for the reason that certain work execution that the 1st petitioner and the complainant sought to undertake was on the site belonging to petitioners 2 and 3. The 1st petitioner and the complainant entered into a deed of partnership at Hyderabad on 26-02-2020. The deed of partnership was for execution of certain works. Remuneration and inflow of capital, inter alia was a part of the partnership deed. After execution of the partnership deed, the 1st petitioner, the 3rd petitioner and the complainant entered into another agreement for execution of work titled as agreement of work execution. The salary fixed under the contract, for execution of work was Rs.2/- lakhs. It appears that the complainant trespassed into the house of the 2nd petitioner who was a senior citizen, which leads the 2nd petitioner to re
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