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NC: 2026:KHC:17906 CRL.RP No. 512 of 2026

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 1^ST DAY OF APRIL, 2026

BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA

CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO. 512 OF 2026 BETWEEN:

SRI. G.N. NAGARAJ SON OF LATE NANJAPPA, AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS,

RESIDING NEAR BENGALURU CIRCLE, B.H.ROAD, GOWRIBIDANUR TOWN,

CHICKBALLAPUR DISTRICT - 561 208.

…PETITIONER (BY SRI. K.R. SREENIVASA PATAVARDHAN, ADVOCATE)

AND:

SMT. K.R. YOGITHA WIFE OF MANJUNATH,

Digitally DAUGHTER OF LATE RAMESH KUMAR, signed by AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, CHAIRMAN, MALATESH

SRI. SAI VIDYANIKETAN TRUST, K C EARLIER RESIDING AT NO.6, Location:

5TH CROSS, SAI ARCADE, 3RD CROSS, HIGH COURT OF MANORAYANAPALYA, R.T.NAGAR POST, KARNATAKA BENGALURU, AT PRESENT RESIDING AT

NO. 1002, 17TH BLOCK, RAIN TREE BOULEVARD APARTMENTS,

ANNEXE L AND AMP T, BYATARAYANAPURA, BENGALURU - 560 092.

…RESPONDENT

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NC: 2026:KHC:17906 CRL.RP No. 512 of 2026

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THIS CRL.RP IS FILED U/S 397 R/W 401 OF CR.PC (FILED U/S 438 R/W 442 BNSS) PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE JUDGMENT AND ORDER PASSED BY THE LEARNED PRL.DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE AT CHIKKABALLAPURA CRL.A.NO.66/2025 DATED 30.12.2025 BY CONFIRMING ORDER OF CONVICTION AND SENTENCE PASSED BY PRL.CIVIL JUDGE AND J.M.F.C AT GOWRIBIDANUR IN C.C.NO.1284/2024 DATED

20.08.2025.

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

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA

ORAL ORDER

1. Office has raised objection with regard to the

maintainability of revision petition.

2. Revision petitioner is the defacto complainant

challenging the Order of acquittal passed in Criminal Appeal No.66/2025 reversing the judgment passed in C.C. No.1284/2024 convicting the accused for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable

Instruments Act.

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3. Against such an order of the First Appellate Court, an

appeal lies. Therefore, a memo is filed on behalf of

the revision petitioner. Memo reads as under :

"The petitioner seeks leave of this Hon'ble Court to withdraw the above revision petition as appeal has to be filed. The petitioner seeks liberty to prefer the appeal. Hence this memo to withdraw the above revision in the

interest of justice."

4. Placing the memo on record, criminal revision

petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as

prayed for.

5. Time spent before this Court in this revision shall be

excluded while computing the period of limitation

under Section 14 of the Limitation Act.

6. Certified copies of the records are to be returned

after keeping the photocopy.

Sd/-

(V SRISHANANDA)

JUDGE SNC

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