IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.B.BAJANTHRI CRIMINAL PETITION NO.4166 OF 2018 C/W CRIMINAL PETITION NOS.4164 OF 2018, 4165 OF 2018, 4167 OF 2018, 4168 OF 2018, 4169 OF 2018 IN CRL.P.NO.4166/2018 BETWEEN:
1. MR. RAJ ARJUN MENDA S/O MR. ARJUN MENDA AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS HAVING OFFICE AT LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
2. MR. MANOJ ARJUN MENDA S/O MR. ARJUN MENDA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
3. MR.VENKATARAMAN SOWMIA NARAYAN, S/O LATE MR.A.V.VENKAT RAMAN, DIRECTOR, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
4. MR. SURESH MENDA S/O THIKAMDAS MENDA S/O LATE MR.TIKAMDAS MENDA, AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
5. RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD. A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956 HAVING ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS AT LEVEL 12 – 14 TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA, NO.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008 REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR MR.G.MADHUSUDHANA, S/O MR.GOVINDU, …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. PRAKASH B.N. FOR M/S. LAWYERS INC., ADVOCATES) AND:
1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY S.H.O., YELAHANKA POLICE STATION BENGALURU, REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AMBEDKAR VEEDI, BENGALURU – 560 001.
2. MR. RAVISHANKAR KRISHNA, S/O LATE S.KRISHNA AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS RESIDING AT # 1 – B, REGENCY PAVILION 14 ALEXANDRIA STREET, RICHMOND TOWN, BENGALURU – 560 025.
…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI R.D.RENUKARADHYA, HCGP FOR R1; SRI.H.N.NARENDRA DEV., ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 OF CR.P.C PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 14.03.2018, IN P.C.R.NO.3458/2018, ON THE FILE OF XLIV A.C.M.M., AT BENGALURU CITY AND CONSEQUENTLY QUASH THE REGISTRATION OF FIR IN CR.NO.113/2018.
IN CRL.P.NO.4164/2018 BETWEEN:
1. MR. RAJ ARJUN MENDA S/O MR. ARJUN MENDA AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
2. MR. MANOJ ARJUN MENDA S/O MR. ARJUN MENDA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
3. MR.VENKATARAMAN SOWMIA NARAYAN, S/O LATE MR.V.VISHWANATHAN, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, DIRECTOR, RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
4. RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD. A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956 HAVING ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS AT LEVEL 12 – 14 TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA, NO.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008 REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR MR.G.MADHUSUDHANA, S/O MR.GOVINDU, …PETITIONERS (BY M/S. LAWYERS INC., ADVOCATES) AND:
1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY S.H.O., YELAHANKA POLICE STATION REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AMBEDKAR VEEDI, BENGALURU.
2. GP.CAPT. VINAY SAREEN, S/O MR.BHARAT BHUSHAN SAREEN, AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, 3. MRS.ANU SAREEN, W/O VINAY SAREEN, AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS, BOTH R2 AND 3 ARE RESIDING AT C ACCTS O, HQ CAQ, AIR FORCE STATION BAMRAULI, ALLAHABAD – 211 012.
BOTH RESPONDENTS REPRESENTED BY PA HOLDER, MR.RAVISHANKAR KRISHNA, S/O LATE S.KRISHNA RESIDING AT # 1 – B, REGENCY PAVILION 14 ALEXANDRIA STREET, RICHMOND TOWN, BENGALURU – 560 025.
…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI R.D.RENUKARADHYA, HCGP FOR R1; SRI.H.N.NARENDRA DEV., ADVOCATE FOR R2 AND R3) THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 OF CR.P.C PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 14.03.2018, IN P.C.R.NO.3459/2018, ON THE FILE OF XLIV A.C.M.M., AT BENGALURU CITY AND CONSEQUENTLY QUASH THE REGISTRATION OF (AT ANNEXURE – B).
IN CRL.P.NO.4165/2018 BETWEEN:
1. MR. RAJ ARJUN MENDA S/O MR. ARJUN MENDA AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
2. MR. MANOJ ARJUN MENDA S/O MR. ARJUN MENDA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
3. MR.VENKATARAMAN SOWMIA NARAYAN, S/O LATE MR.V.VISHWANATHAN, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, DIRECTOR, RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
4. MR. SURESH MENDA S/O THIKAMDAS MENDA AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
5. RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD. A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956 HAVING ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS AT LEVEL 12 – 14 TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA, NO.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008 REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR MR.G.MADHUSUDHANA, S/O MR.GOVINDU, (BY M/S. LAWYERS INC., ADVOCATES) AND:
1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY S.H.O., YELAHANKA POLICE STATION REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AMBEDKAR VEEDI, BENGALURU.
…PETITIONERS 2. MRS.YAMINI SUDEENDRA, W/O MR.B.N.SUDEEMDRA BABU, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, 3. MR.B.N.SUDEENDRA BABU, S/O B.NARASIMHA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, BOTH R2 AND R3 ARE RESIDING AT #5, VENKATA NARASIMHA NILAYA, OPP. NIRMALA CHURCH, ARABIC COLLEGE POST, BANGALORE – 560 045.
…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI R.D.RENUKARADHYA, HCGP FOR R1; SRI.H.N.NARENDRA DEV., ADVOCATE FOR R2 AND R3) THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 OF CR.P.C PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 14.03.2018, IN P.C.R.NO.3404/2018, ON THE FILE OF XLIV A.C.M.M., AT BENGALURU AND CONSEQUENTLY QUASH THE REGISTRATION OF FIR IN CR.NO.94/2018 (AT ANNEXURE – B).
IN CRL.P.NO.4167/2018 BETWEEN:
1. MR. RAJ ARJUN MENDA S/O MR. ARJUN MENDA AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
2. MR. MANOJ ARJUN MENDA S/O MR. ARJUN MENDA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
3. MR.VENKATARAMAN SOWMIA NARAYAN, S/O LATE MR.V.VISHWANATHAN, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, DIRECTOR, RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
4. MR. SURESH MENDA S/O THIKAMDAS MENDA AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
5. RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD. A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956 HAVING ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS AT LEVEL 12 – 14 TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA, NO.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008 REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR MR.G.MADHUSUDHANA, S/O MR.GOVINDU, (BY M/S. LAWYERS INC., ADVOCATES) AND:
1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY S.H.O., YELAHANKA POLICE STATION REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AMBEDKAR VEEDI, BENGALURU.
2. MR.GAURAV PATHAK, S/O MR.S.K.PATHAK, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, 3. MRS.ANJALI AWASTHI, W/O MR.GAURAV PATHAK, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, BOTH R2 AND R3 ARE RESIDING AT #367, 16TH CROSS, 12TH MAIN, 5TH PHASE, J.P.NAGAR, BANGALORE – 560 078.
…PETITIONERS RESPONDENT NO.3 REPRESENTED BY HER POA HOLDER, MR.GAURAV PATHAK, S/O MR.S.K.PATHAK, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, R/AT #367, 16TH CROSS, 12TH MAIN, 5TH PHASE, J.P.NAGAR, BANGALORE – 560 078.
…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI R.D.RENUKARADHYA, HCGP FOR R1; SRI.H.N.NARENDRA DEV., ADVOCATE FOR R2 AND R3) THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 OF CR.P.C PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 14.03.2018, IN P.C.R.NO.3406/2018, ON THE FILE OF XLIV A.C.M.M., BENGALURU AND CONSEQUENTLY QUASH THE REGISTRATION OF FIR IN CR.NO.95/2018 (AT ANNEXURE – B).
IN CRL.P.NO.4168/2018 BETWEEN:
1. MR. RAJ ARJUN MENDA S/O MR. ARJUN MENDA AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
2. MR. MANOJ ARJUN MENDA S/O MR. ARJUN MENDA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
3. MR.VENKATARAMAN SOWMIA NARAYAN, S/O LATE MR.V.VISHWANATHAN, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, DIRECTOR, RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
4. MR. SURESH MENDA S/O LATE MR. TIKAMDAS MENDA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
5. RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD. A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956 HAVING ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS AT LEVEL 12 – 14 TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA, NO.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008 REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR MR.G.MADHUSUDHANA, S/O MR.GOVINDU, (BY M/S. LAWYERS INC., ADVOCATES) AND:
1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY S.H.O., YELAHANKA POLICE STATION …PETITIONERS REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AMBEDKAR VEEDI, BENGALURU.
2. MR. AMBARISH S., S/O MR.R.V.SRINIVASA MURTHY, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, 3. MRS.ROHINI H.K., W/O MR.AMBARISH S., AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, BOTH R2 AND R3 ARE RESIDING AT #792, 8TH A CROSS, YELAHANKA NEW TOWN, BANGALORE – 560 064.
…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI R.D.RENUKARADHYA, HCGP FOR R1; SRI.H.N.NARENDRA DEV., ADVOCATE FOR R2 AND R3) THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 OF CR.P.C PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 14.03.2018, IN P.C.R.NO.3456/2018, ON THE FILE OF XLIV A.C.M.M., BENGALURU AND CONSEQUENTLY QUASH THE REGISTRATION OF FIR IN CR.NO.111/2018 (AT ANNEXURE – B).
IN CRL.P.NO.4169/2018 BETWEEN:
1. MR. RAJ ARJUN MENDA S/O MR. ARJUN MENDA AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
2. MR. MANOJ ARJUN MENDA S/O MR. ARJUN MENDA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
3. MR.VENKATARAMAN SOWMIA NARAYAN, S/O LATE MR.V.VISHWANATHAN, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, DIRECTOR, RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD., LEVEL 12-14, TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA NOS.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008.
4. RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD. A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956 HAVING ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS AT LEVEL 12 – 14 TOWER ‘B’ THE MILLENIA, NO.1 & 2, MURPHY ROAD, ULSOOR, BENGALURU – 560 008 REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR MR.G.MADHUSUDHANA, S/O MR.GOVINDU, (BY M/S. LAWYERS INC., ADVOCATES) …PETITIONERS AND:
1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY S.H.O., YELAHANKA POLICE STATION REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AMBEDKAR VEEDI, BENGALURU.
2. MS.ROBINA CHOPRA, W/O MR.SHARAT CHOPRA, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, RESIDING AT 23, PARK STREET, CALCUTTA – 700 016.
REPRESENTED BY POA HOLDER, MR.OMPRAKASH C.R., S/O MR.RAMAMURTHY C.R., #27, “NAMMAMANE”, 9TH CROSS, PAMPA EXTENSION, HEBBAL KEMAPURA, BANGALORE – 560 024.
…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI R.D.RENUKARADHYA, HCGP FOR R1; SRI.H.N.NARENDRA DEV., ADVOCATE FOR R2 AND R3) THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 OF CR.P.C PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 14.03.2018, IN P.C.R.NO.3457/2018, ON THE FILE OF XLIV A.C.M.M., AT BENGALURU AND CONSEQUENTLY QUASH THE REGISTRATION OF FIR IN CR.NO.112/2018 (AT ANNEXURE – B).
THESE CRIMINAL PETITIONS COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R Learned counsel for the parties submit that this Court in an identical case has disposed of Crl.P.No.9666/2017 on 20.06.2019 in the case of RMZ GALLERIA (INDIA) PVT. LTD AND OTHERS V.STATE OF KARNATAKA ANOTHER.
Therefore, he prays to dispose of these writ petitions in the terms of the above decision.
2. Consequently, these petitions are allowed. The proceedings pending on the file of XLIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru in Crime No.113/2018 (PCR No.3458/2018), Crime No.114/2018 (PCR No.3459/2018), Crime No.94/2018 (PCR No.3404/2018), Crime No.95/2018 (PCR No.3406/2018), Crime No.111/2018 (PCR No.3456/2018) and Crime No.112/2018 (PCR No.3457/2018) respectively, are hereby quashed. The matters are remitted to the learned Magistrate to consider the complaint afresh in the light of the guidelines laid down in the case of MAKSUD SAIYED vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS reported in (2008) 5 SCC 668.
Pending interlocatory applications do not surive for consideration and the same are disposed of.
Sd/- JUDGE VMB