IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 16TH DAY OF APRIL, 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE JOHN MICHAEL CUNHA CRIMINAL PETITION NO.6023 OF 2016 BETWEEN:
1. ABDUL KALAM S/O. ABDUL KALEEL, AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, AKULAVA VILLAGE, ROOTHUT DISTRICT, NEPAL (NO PIN CODE).
2. SYED FAYAZ S/O LATE SYED KHALEEL, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, R/AT NO.20/B, MODREN LAYOUT, BANGALORE-45.
…PETITIONERS (BY SRI MOHAMMED TAHIR, ADV., ABSENT)) AND:
STATE BY DEVARAJEEVANA HALLI POLICE STATION, REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT COMPLEX BUILDING, BANGALORE-01.
... RESPONDENT (BY SRI VIJAYAKUMAR MAJAGE, ADDL.SPP) THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 OF CR.P.C. PRAYING TO QUASH THE CHARGE SHEET i.e. ANNEXURE-D AND SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED ORDER VIDE 20.06.2016 BY THE TRIAL JUDGE, AGAINST THIS PETITIONERS ARRAYED AS ACCUSED NO.1 AND 12 IN THE SPL.C.C.NO.471/2015 PENDING ON THE FILE OF L ADDL. CITY CIVIL AND S.J., BANGALORE FOR THE ALLEGED OFFENCE U/S 16, 17 AND 18 OF BONDED LABOR SYSTEM (ABOLITION) ACT U/S 370, 374 AND 344 OF IPC AND SEC. 26, 23 OF JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT AND SEC. 14 OF CHILD LABOUR (PROHIBITION AND REGULATION ACT).
THIS CRIMINAL PETITION COMING ON FOR HEARING THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner is absent.
2. Perused the petition.
3. Petitioners have sought to set aside the order dated 20.06.2016 in Spl.C.C.No.471/2015 on the file of L Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bangalore. It is verified from the High Court website that the proceedings before the trial Court in Spl.C.C.No.471/2015 have culminated in acquittal of the accused therein vide judgment and order dated 21.02.2019. Hence, nothing further survives in this petition.
Accordingly, the petition is dismissed.
Sd/- JUDGE HJ