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. 885 OF 2017 BETWEEN:

SRI SRINIVAS AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS S/O SRI GOPALA DRIVER R/AT RIGHT SIDE OF HOSAMANE

4^TH CROSS BHADRAVATHI TOWN SHIMOGA - 577 301 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. VENKATESH R. BHAGAT, ADVOCATE)

AND:

STATE OF KARNATAKA BY CHANNARAYAPATNA RURAL POLICE IN THE HIGH COURT REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSEUTOR Digitally BANGALORE - 560 001 signed by R MANJUNA THA …RESPONDENT Location: (BY SRI. K. NAGESHWARAPPA, HCGP)

HIGH COURT OF THIS CRL.RP IS FILED U/S. 397 R/W 401 CR.P.C BY THE KARNATAKA ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER PRAYING THAT THIS HON'BLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO SET ASIDE THE JUDGMENT AND ORDER DATED 28.07.2017 PASSED BY THE IV ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, HASSAN, SITTING AT CHANNRAYAPATNA IN CRL.A.NO.29/2017 AT ANNEXURE-A CONFIRMING THE JUDGMENT AND ORDER PASSED BY THE ADDL. CIVIL JUDGE AND J.M.F.C., CHANNARAYAPATNA IN C.C.NO.1522/2014 DATED 04.01.2017 AT ANNEXURE-B CONVICTING THE PETITIONER FOR TEH OFFENCE P/U/S 279 AND 304(A) OF IPC AND TO SET AT LIBERTY THE PETITIONER/ACCUSED.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR FINA