Reserved on : 18.09.2025 Pronounced on : 25.10.2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 25^TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. NAGAPRASANNA WRIT PETITION No.31144 OF 2024 (GM - RES)

BETWEEN:

MR.SAMPRAS ANTHONY S/O LATE ANTHONY ALANGARAM, AGED ABOUT 23 YEARS, RESIDING AT FLAT NO.108, TKN RIDGE APARTMENT, AVANI SHRINGERI NAGARA, BANNERGHATTA ROAD, BENGALURU – 560 076.

... PETITIONER (BY SRI ATHREYA C. SHEKAR, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1 . STATE OF KARNATAKA BY KONANAKUNTE POLICE STATION, BENGALURU REPRESENTED BY HCGP, HIGH COURT COMPLEX, BENGALURU – 560 001.

2 . MS. XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX ... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI B.N.JAGADESHA, ADDL.SPP FOR R-1;

R-2 SERVED AND UNREPRESENTED)

THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING READ WITH SECTION 528 OF BHARITHIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITHA, 2023 TO QUASH THE FIR IN CR.NO. 306/2024 (ANNEXURE-A) AND COMPLAINT (ANNEXURE-B) FILED BY THE R-2, REGISTERED BY THE R-1 POLICE AGAINST THE PETITIONER WHICH IS NOW PENDING AS CC NO. 34011/2024 ANNEXURE-D ON THE FILE OF THE XXX ADDITIONAL CHIEF METROPOLITAN MAGISTRATE, BENGALURU FOR THE ALLEGED OFFENCE PUNISHABLE UNDER S