IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
M.NAGAPRASANNA
Umesh, S/o. Sri Vasanthaiah – Appellant
Versus
State Of Karnataka, Rep. By Bellavi Police Station, Bellavi, Rep. By State Public Prosecutor – Respondent
ORDER :
M. NAGAPRASANNA, J.
These petitions are preferred by different accused in different crime numbers arising out of a dispute over the same property. The petitioners in Crl.P.No.8634/2023 and Crl.P.No.4198/2024 are before this court calling in question the proceedings in CC.No.5272/2022 arising of out of the FIR in Crime No. 02/2022 registered for offences punishable under Sections 174, 175, 201, 326, 447, 504 and 506 of the IPC. The petitioner in Crl.P.No.9889/2024 is before this court calling in question the proceedings in CC.No.113/2022 arising of out of the FIR in Crime No. 60/2021 registered for offences punishable under Sections 427, 326 and 506 of the IPC.
2. Heard Sri. Keerthi Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner in Crl.P.No.8634/2023, Smt. Radhika K., learned counsel for the petitioner in Crl.P.No.4198/2024, Sri. Vinay Mahadevaiah, learned High Court Government Pleader for the State in all the three petitions and Sri. V.B. Siddaramaiah, learned counsel for petitioner in Crl.P.No.9889/2024 and learned counsel for the respondent No.2 in Crl.P.No.4198/2024.
3. Facts, in brief, germane are as follows:-
The petitioners and respondent No.2 in all the petitions before this






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