IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 7^TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE PRADEEP SINGH YERUR CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 13872 OF 2024 BETWEEN:

SRI BASANAGOUDA R. PATIL (YATNAL), S/O RAMANAGOUDA B.PATIL YATNAL, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, OCC: MLA, VIJAYAPURA CONSTITUENCY R/AT OLD IB, STATION ROAD, VIJAYAPURA - 586 101, KARNATAKA, ALSO AT SINDAGI ROAD MAHAL AINAPUR, BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA - 586 104.

…PETITIONER (BY SRI VENKATESH P DALWAI, ADVOCATE)

AND:

SRI SHIVANANDA S. PATIL, S/O SIDRAMAPPA PATIL, AGE: 63 YEARS, OCC: MLA R/AT NERA JAMKHANDI CROSS, OPPOSITE TO PETROL PUMP, Digitally signed by JAMKHANDI ROAD, GAVRIBIDA NUR VIJAYAPURA - 586 101.

SUBRAMANYA GUPTA …RESPONDENT SREENATH (BY SRI RAVI B. NAIK, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR Location: HIGH COURT OF SMT.VIJETHA R. NAIK, ADVOCATE)

KARNATAKA THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 OF CR.PC (UNDER SECTION 528 BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023) PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 03.12.2024 PASSED BY XLII ADDITIONAL CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, BENGALURU CITY IN PCR NO.9136/2024 FOR THE OFFENCE PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 356(2) OF BNS, 2023 PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE-A.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS D