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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
M. NAGAPRASANNA, J
C.T.Ravi S/o Thimmegowda – Appellant
Versus
State By Bagewadi P.S. – Respondent
ORDER :
M. NAGAPRASANNA, J.
The petitioner, a Member of Legislative Council of the State of Karnataka now stands before this Court seeking quashing of registration of crime, in Crime No.186 of 2024, which alleges offences penal under Sections 75 and 79 of the BNS 2023.
2. Shorn of unnecessary details, facts in brief, are as follows:-
The petitioner, a people’s representative, is said to be in public field for over 3 decades. He is presently a Member of Vidhana Parishad/Legislative Council. The 2nd respondent is the complainant, a woman, Member of the Legislative Assembly. The genesis of the imbroglio lies, in the tumultuous events that unfolded on 19-12-2024, in the Vidhana Parishad. It is the allegation of the 2nd respondent that on 19-12-2024 amidst disorderly adjournment of Legislative Council, the petitioner is alleged to have made utterances, that undermined the dignity of the Vidhana Parishad, and those utterances had outraged the modesty of the complainant. A complaint then comes to be registered on the same day before the jurisdictional Police at Belagavi for offences punishable under Sections 75 and 79 of the BharatiyaNyaya Sanhita (‘ BNS ’). The investigation is sought to be
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