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2024 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 44338

KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
M.NAGAPRASANNA J
SRI B S SURESH S/O B M SUBBANNA – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI. SANDESH J. CHOUTA, SENIOR ADV. FOR SMT. LEELA P DEVADIGA
For the Respondents: SRI. JAGADEESHA B.N., ADDL. SPP FOR R1 AND R2

Table of Content
1. petitioners challenge criminal proceedings based on alleged fire safety violations. (Para 1 , 3)
2. arguments on limitation periods for filing complaints under ipc. (Para 4 , 5)
3. court's analysis on the applicability of limitation and prior case law. (Para 6 , 7 , 8)
4. court finds no actionable offense under section 285 ipc. (Para 9)
5. court quashes proceedings based on limitation and lack of offense. (Para 10 , 11)

ORAL ORDER

The petitioners - accused Nos.1 and 2 are before this Court calling in question the proceedings in C.C.No.56902/2019, registered for offence punishable under Section 285 of the IPC and Section 25 of the Karnataka Fire Force Act , 1964.

2. Heard the learned Senior counsel Sri.Sandesh J. Chouta, appearing for the petitioners and the learned Additional State Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents.

3. The subject building is said to have been constructed in terms of the sanction plan and a completion certificate is also in place on 27.12.2005. It is a commercial complex. In a public interest petition before the Division Bench in W.P.No.38073/2010, a general direction was issued to the fire department to put in place preventive measures f

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