IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 4^TH DAY OF MARCH, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 14200 OF 2024 BETWEEN:

1. DASARI VENKATARAMUDU S/O APPAIAH AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS RESIDING AT NO. 12/517 K-5, ADHARSHNAGAR NEAR BY MRO OFFICE, GUNTAKAL TALUK ANANTHPURA (DIST.)

ANDHRA PRADESH – 515 801.

2. SMT. DHANALAKSHMI W/O DASARI VENKATARAMUDU AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS Digitally signed by SANJEEVINI RESIDING AT NO. 12/517 J KARISHETTY K-5, ADHARSHNAGAR Location: High Court of NEAR BY MRO OFFICE, GUNTAKAL TALUK Karnataka ANANTHPURA (DIST)

ANDHRA PRADESH – 515 801.

3. SMT. MADHURI LATHA W/O KIRAN KUMAR AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS RESIDING AT NO. 12/517 K-5, ADHARSHNAGAR NEAR BY MRO OFFICE, GUNTAKAL TALUK ANANTHPURA (DIST)

ANDHRA PRADESH – 515 801.

…PETITIONERS (BY SRI NATARAJ D., ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY BELLANDUR POLICE STATION BENGALURU REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR OFFICE AT HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA BENGALURU - 560 001.

2. SMT. NARAYANAMMA W/O CHINA VENKATESHWARALU AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS RESIDING AT YALUR VILLAGE GOUSEPAD MANDALAM KURNOOL (DIST)

ANDHRA PRADESH – 518 573.

…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI B.N.JAGADEESHA, ADDL. SPP FOR R1;

R2-SERVED)

THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.PC PRAYING TO QUASH THE F.I.R, ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS THEREIN ARISING OUT OF FIR IN QUESTION, SC NO. 1997/2022 (CRIME NO.224/2019) REGISTERED AT BELLANDUR POLICE STATION FOR THE OFFENCE PUNISHABLE SEC. 498(A), 306 AND 34 OF IPC, PENDING ON THE FILE OF HONBLE LXXI ADDL. CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE BENGALURU, AGAINST THE PETITIONERS BY ALLOWING THIS PETITION.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA

ORAL ORDER

Petitioners - accused Nos.2, 3 and 4 are before the Court calling in question proceedings in S.C.No.1997/2022, pending on the file of the LXXI Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge (CCH-72), Bengaluru, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 306 and 34 of the IPC.

2. Heard Sri Nataraj D., learned counsel for petitioners and Sri B.N.Jagadeesha, learned Additional State Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1. The complainant though served, has remained unrepresented even today.

3. Facts, in brief, germane are as follows:

Petitioner are accused Nos.2 to 4 and respondent No.2 is the complainant. The daughter of the complainant is given in marriage to accused No.1. The relationship between the daughter of the complainant and accused No.1 is said to have turned sore. On a fateful day, i.e., 16.07.2019, the daughter of the complainant commits suicide. An axe of crime in Crime No.224/2019 registered for the offences under Sections 498A, 306 and 34 of the IPC falls on all four accused. Husband is not before the Court. The present petition is preferred by accused Nos.2, 3 and 4. The police conduct investigation and file a charge sheet against all the accused, out of whom accused Nos.2, 3 and 4 are before the Court in the subject petition. 4. Sri Nataraj D., learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that in the death note there is no whisper about any allegations against these petitioners of demand of dowry or harassment meted out upon the deceased that has led the daughter of the complainant to commit suicide. Learned counsel submits that even in the complaint or the summary of the charge sheet, there is no allegation that could touch upon the offences so alleged against the petitioners. He would submit that the law with regard to Section 306 of the IPC, is too well settled.

5. Learned Additional State Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1 would refute the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners in contending that the offences alleged are the ones punishable under Sections 498A and 306 of the IPC. The police after conduct of investigation, have filed the charge sheet. Since the charge sheet is filed, it is for the petitioners to come out clean in a full-blown trial. 6. I have given my anxious co