IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOHN MICHAEL CUNHA CRIMINAL PETITION No.8869 OF 2015 BETWEEN:
Sri. B.S. Jayachandra, S/o. B.H. Subbiah, Aged 71 years, R/at No.472, 39th “C” Cross, 5th Block, Jayanagar, Bengaluru – 41. …Petitioner (By Sri. Chandrashekar L., Advocate - Absent) AND:
1. State of Karnataka, Station House Officer, High Grounds Police Station, Seshadripuram Sub – Division, Bengaluru City.
Rep by Public Prosecutor, High Court Buildings, High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru.
2. K.E.B. Employees Co-Operative Society Ltd., Now called as K.P.T.C.L. Co – Op. Society Ltd., Having its registered office at Ananda Rao Circle, Race Course Road, Bengaluru – 560 009.
R/p by its President. ...Respondents (By Sri. Vijaya Kumar Majage, Addl.SPP for R1;
Sri. K.S. Kalleshappa, Advocate for R2) This Criminal Petition is filed u/s 482 of Cr.P.C., praying to quash F.I.R. in Crime No.275/2015 registered by High Grounds Police Station/Respondent No.1, under Sections 418, 408, 409, 420, 465, 468, 471, 120(A), 415, 425, 463, 464 read with Section 34 of I.P.C. emanating from private complaint in P.C.R.No.7345/2013, filed before the VIII A.C.M.M., at Bengaluru.
This Criminal petition coming on for Admission, this day, the Court made the following:
O R D E R Learned counsel for the petitioner is absent.
Recording the submission of the learned counsel for the respondents, an opportunity was given to the petitioner on 27.02.2019 to enable him to take steps to challenge the charge sheet. Petitioner has not chosen to challenge the charge sheet.
Hence, reserving liberty to the petitioner to seek his discharge on such grounds available under law, before the Court below, petition is dismissed.
Sd/- JUDGE SV