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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
M.NAGAPRASANNA
Abhishek Mishra S/o Dinesh Kumar Mishra – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The petitioner/sole accused is before this Court calling in question entire proceedings in Special C.No.1029 of 2024 pending before the LXX Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge, Bangalore, arising out of crime in Crime No.471 of 2023 registered for offences punishable under Sections 354-C, 354-D, 504, 506 and 509 of the IPC, Section 66E of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (‘the Act’ for short).
2. Facts, in brief, germane are as follows: -
The 2nd respondent is the complainant and the petitioner is the accused. The complainant and the accused met in January 2022 when the petitioner was undergoing coaching for the UPSC examination and was stationed at Delhi. The complainant is said to be acquainted with the petitioner’s sister. The complainant was also pursuing her UPSC examination and the averment in the petition is that, in the garb of exchange of notes for study to the UPSC examination, the petitioner and the complainant get in touch with each other with exchange of messages. On 12-07-2023, the petitioner is said to have met the complainant in Delhi,
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