IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 22nd DAY OF JULY, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOHN MICHAEL CUNHA CRIMINAL PETITION No.5388 OF 2015 BETWEEN:
E Srinivas, S/o Late Erappa, Aged about 37 years, R/o Narasimhegowda Building, Ranganatha Layout, Harohalli, Kanakapura Taluk – 562 117, Ramnagara District. ... Petitioner (By Sri. Ashok Haranahalli, Senior Advocate for Sri Pruthvi Wodeyar, Advocate) AND:
1. Harohalli Police Station, Harohalli Circle, Ramnagar, Rep. by SPP, High court, Bangalore – 01.
2. Sannappa, S/o Sannaveeraiah, Aged about 56 years, Panchayat Development Officer, Doddamaralavadi Grama Panchayat, Kanakapura Taluk – 562 117, Ramnagara District. …Respondents (By Sri Vijayakumar Majage, Addl. SPP for R1; Sri A Nagarajappa, Advocate for R2 (absent) ) This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., praying to quash the FIR registered by respondent No.1 Harohalli Police Station, Harohalli Circle, Ramanagar District, dated 27.02.2015 in FIR/CR. No.60/2015 against the petitioner for the offences P/U/S 379 and 409 of IPC and the notice dated 20.02.2015 issued by the 1st respondent.
This Criminal petition coming on for hearing this day, the Court made the following:
O R D E R Heard the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner and the learned SPP II for the respondent. Perused the records.
Having regard to the nature of allegations made in the complaint, the investigation cannot be stalled at this stage. Hence, keeping open all the legal and actual contentions urged by the petitioner to be considered at the appropriate stage, the petition is dismissed.
The Investigating Officer is directed to expedite the investigation and submit the report within an outer limit of four months from today.
Sd/- JUDGE ykl