IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 21^ST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 15834 OF 2025 BETWEEN:

SURESH PARTHASARATHY S/O PARTHASARATHY, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, R/AT B 903, AHAD OPUS, OFF SARJAPURA ROAD, NEAR NEW WIPRO, BENGALURU-560 035.

…PETITIONER (BY SRI. NAVEEN GOWDA V., ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY POLICE OF WHITEFIELD WOMEN POLICE STATION, Digitally MAHADEVAPURA DIVISION, signed by LAKSHMI T BENGALURU-48, L H o ig ca h t C io o n u :

rt REPRESENTED BY of Karnataka STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU-560 001.

2. SMT. SHOBHA NARAYAN IYER W/O SURESH PARTHASARATHY, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, R/AT B 903, AHAD OPUS, OFF SARJAPURA ROAD, NEAR NEW WIPRO, BENGALURU-560 035.

…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. ANOOP KUMAR M.V., HCGP FOR R1;

SRI. BHARGAV S. GOWDA, ADVOCATE FOR R2)

THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNSS) PRAYING TO QUASH ALL FURTHER PROCEEDINGS AND CHARGESHEET IN C.C.NO.60811/2025 ARISING OUT OF THE COMPLAINT DATED 12.03.2025 REGISTERED AT WHITEFIELD WOMEN POLICE STATION FOR OFFENCES UNDER SECTION 85 OF THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 AND SECTION 4 OF THE DOWRY PROHIBITION