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NC: 2026:KHC:20764 CRL.P No. 1857 of 2024

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 16^TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026

BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA

CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 1857 OF 2024

BETWEEN:

1. SRI ASHOK KUMAR JAIN S/O LATE MANMALJI JAIN

AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS R/AT NO.11

”KALPATHARU APARTMENTS RACE COURSE ROAD

MADHAV NAGAR BENGALURU – 560 001.

2. SMT.SHAKUNTALA A. JAIN W/O SRI ASHOK KUMAR JAIN

AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS Dig itally signed by R/AT NO.11

SANJEEVINI J ”KALPATHARU APARTMENTS KARISHETTY Location: RACE COURSE ROAD

High Court of MADHAV NAGAR Karnataka BENGALURU – 560 001.

3. SRI SAINATH ASHOK JAIN S/O SRI ASHOK KUMAR JAIN

AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS R/AT NO.11

”KALPATHARU APARTMENTS RACE COURSE ROAD

MADHAV NAGAR

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BENGALURU – 560 001.

…PETITIONERS (BY SRI GANAPATHI BHAT VAJRALLI, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA SANJAY NAGAR POLICE STATION

SANJAY NAGAR BENGALURU – 560 094

REPRESENTED BY ITS STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

HIGH COURT BUILDING BENGALURU – 560 001.

2. SRI N.ANAND S/O LATE K.C. NARASIMHAYYA

AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS R/AT NO.150/3, 4^TH CROSS

GEDDALAHALLI, SANJAY NAGAR BENGALURU – 560 094.

…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI ANOOP KUMAR, HCGP FOR R-1;

SRI ANANDA MURTHY R., ADVOCATE FOR R-2)

THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S.482 OF CR.P.C PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR IN CR.NO.13/2024 REGISTERED BY 1^ST RESPONDENT POLICE i.e., SANJAY NAGAR POLICE STATION, AS AGAINST THE PETITIONERS FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 3(1)(r)(s) OF SC/ST (POA) AMENDMENT ORDINANCE ACT AND 2014 AND SEC. 504 OF IPC, PENDING ON THE FILE OF CITY

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CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, CCH-71, AT BENGALURU AS PER ANNEXURE-A.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY,

ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA

ORAL ORDER

The petitioners are before this Court calling in question

the crime registered in Crime No.13 of 2024 for offences punishable under Section 3(1)(r) and (s) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Ordinance 2014 (‘the Act’ for short) and under Section 504 of the IPC, pending on the file of the City Civil and

Sessions Judge, Bengaluru.

2. Heard the learned counsel Sri Ganapathy Bhat Vajralli,

learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, Sri Anoop Kumar, learned High Court Government Pleader appearing for respondent No.1 and Sri Ananda Murthy R, learned counsel

appearing for respondent No.2.

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3. Learned counsel for the petitioners and respondent

No.2 in unison submit that during the pendency of the case before this Court, the parties to the lis have entered into compromise before the Lok Adalath conducted before the concerned Court in O.S.No.19 of 2023 and accordingly, have filed an application before this Court in I.A.No.1 of 2026 under Section 320 of the Cr.P.C./Section 359 of the BNSS r/w Section 482 of the Cr.P.C./528 of the BNS, along with the affidavit of petitioner No.1 on behalf of petitioners 2 and 3, seeking permission to close the proceedings initiated by the 2^nd

respondent/complainant.

4. Learned High Court Government Pleader would

however contend that the issue in the lis concerns the offence punishable under the Act and therefore, settlement should not be accepted and the petitioners have to come out clean in a full

fledged trial. He seeks dismissal of the petition.

5. The application filed under Section 320 of the

Cr.P.C./Section 359 of the BNSS r/w Section 482 of the Cr.P.C.,

reads as follows:

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“The petitioners submits that, the petitioner herein has challenged the entire proceedings in FIR Crime No.13/2024 registered by the 1^st respondent Police i.e., Sanjay Nagar Police Station, on the file of pending before the City Civil and Session Judge, CCH -71, at Bengaluru, on the basis of the complaint filed by the 2^nd respondent as per Annexure

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