IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 2^ND DAY OF APRIL, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION No.88 OF 2018 BETWEEN:

SRI.D.V.RAMARAO S/O LATE D VENKATARAYAPPA AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS RESIDING AT CHIKKANAHALLI, YELLAPURA POST, TUMKUR TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT -572 102 …PETITIONER (BY SRI HARISH N.R, ADVOCATE)

AND:

STATE OF KARNATAKA BY KALLAMBELLA POLICE STATION TUMKUR DISTRICT -572 125 …RESPONDENT Digitally (BY SRI K.NAGESHWARAPPA, HIGH COURT GOVERNMENT signed by R PLEADER)

MANJUN ATHA Location: THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION IS FILED UNDER HIGH COURT SECTION 397 R/W 401 CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE OF KARNATAKA PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 28.12.2017 PASSED BY HON'BLE ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, TUMKUR, IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.6/2016 AND SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 08.01.2016 PASSED IN C.C.No.202/2006 ON THE FILE OF PRINCIPAL CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, SIRA, AND ALSO ACQUIT THE PETITIONER FROM ALL CHARGES.

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

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA

ORAL ORDER

Heard Sri Harish N.R., learned counsel for the revision petitioner and Sri K. Nageshwarapp