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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
M. NAGAPRASANNA
Arjun Anjaneya Reddy, S/o. Sri P. Anjaneyareddy – Appellant
Versus
State Of Karnataka, Through The Anekal Police Station, Represented By The Station House Officer, Represented By The Ld. Public Prosecutor – Respondent
ORDER :
(M. NAGAPRASANNA, J. )
The petitioners are at the doors of this Court yet again for the third time seeking interference of this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 .
2. Facts adumbrated are as follows:
(a) The petitioners were before this Court in Criminal Petition No.1372/2023. The entire facts are narrated while disposing the said petition in terms of the order dated 16.06.2023. I therefore, deem it appropriate to paraphrase the facts as narrated therein.
“The 2nd respondent is the complainant and petitioners are accused Nos. 1, 3 to 8. A complaint comes to be registered against the petitioners and another by the 2nd respondent on 02-01-2023 alleging that the petitioners have all connived, forged the signatures of the complainant and got several sale deeds registered. A brief history to the complaint as narrated is that on 04-12-2014 a Joint Development Agreement (‘JDA’ for short) comes to be executed between the 2nd respondent/Ankamma Rao with M/s Mahidhara Projects Private Limited (‘the Company’ for short), a Company registered under the Companies Act. The Company later, on the strength of JDA develops a layout in
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