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2026 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 1944

THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
M.Nagaprasanna, J
Sri. C. Subba Reddy – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Sri. Sandesh J. Chouta, Sri. K.B.K. Swamy
For the Respondents: Sri. Vinay Mahadevaiah, Sri. Venkatesh Prasad R.

Table of Content
1. agreement breach leads to criminal allegation mishandling. (Para 3 , 8)
2. petitioners argue criminal law misapplied for civil dispute. (Para 4 , 5)
3. criminal proceedings not for money recovery. (Para 10 , 12)
4. definition delineates cheating and breach of trust. (Para 11)
5. court quashes proceedings for abuse of process. (Para 14)

ORAL ORDER

The petitioners, two in number, stand at the doors of this Court in the subject petition, calling in question proceedings in CC.No.7414/2023 registered for offences punishable under Section 406 , 420, 120B, 504 and 506 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE , 1860 ('the IPC ' for short).

2. Heard Sri. Sandesh J. Chouta, learned Senior counsel for Sri. K.B.K. Swamy, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners; Sri. Vinay Mahadevaiah, learned High Court Government Pleader appearing for respondent No.1 and Sri. Venkatesh Prasad R., learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2.

3. Facts adumbrated are as follows:

The entire issue springs from an agreement of sale entered into between the petitioners and the complainant. The agreement of sale takes place on 16.02.2019. The date on which the sale deed was to be executed was also indicated. There

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