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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR
Suresh @ Surendra, S/o. Muthaiah – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka, rep. by Periyapatna Police Station, Mysore District, Represented By Its State Public Prosecutor, High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru – Respondent
ORDER :
(S.R. KRISHNA KUMAR, J.)
In these petitions, the petitioners seek quashing of the proceedings in SC.No.303/2022 pending on the file of VIII Additional District and Sessions Judge at Hunsur. 2. The petitioner in Crl.P.No.120/2025 is arraigned as accused No.3 while the petitioners in Crl.P.No.14131/2024 are arraigned as accused Nos.1 and
2 in the impugned proceedings.
3. It is an undisputed fact of the matter that the petitioner in Crl.P.No.120/2025 is none other than the brother-in-law and petitioner No.1 in Crl.P.No.14131/2024 is none other than the brother of Late Prakash, who is the father of respondent No.2-de facto complainant and petitioner No.2 in Crl.P.No.14131/2024 is the wife of accused No.1.
4. Respondent No.2-de facto complainant filed the instant complaint on 20.09.2020 inter alia contending that on 19.09.2020, the petitioners-accused persons attempted to trespass to the property of the father of respondent No.2, which he acquired under a partition between himself and his brother and the petitioners having instigated and abused the father of respondent No.2, the said Prakash committed suicide on the very next day. Pursuant to which, respondent No.2 filed the instant
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