ORAL ORDER

In this petition, the petitioner has sought for the following reliefs:

“(a) Call for records; allow this Criminal Petition and quash the FIR and Compliant in Crime No.0030/2025 for the alleged offences under Section 196 (1) (a) and 353(2) of the BNS , 2023 registered by the Respondent Putturu Town PS (On the file of learned Prl. Senior Civil Judge and ACJM Court, Puttur, Dakshina Kannada) and all further actions pursuant thereto, in the ends of justice (produced at Document Nos.1 and 2)

(b) Grant such other relief or further reliefs as this Hon’ble Court deem fit to grant, in the facts and circumstances of the case, in the interest of justice and equity.”

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned SPP-1 along with HCGP for respondent and perused the material on record.

3. In addition to reiterating the various contentions urged in the petition and referring to the material on record, the learned counsel for the petitioner invited my attention to the impugned complaint and FIR in order to point out that necessary ingredients for commission of the offences punishable under Section 196 (1)(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023 (old Section 153A of IPC) were con