IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 23RD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.B. BAJANTHRI CRIMINAL PETITION NO.8626 OF 2018 Between:
Sri.Gnane Murthy, M/s. Jeslok Global Service, No.224/1, 1st Floor, 9th Main, Pipe Line, Vijayanagar, Above Panchamukhi Motors, Bangalore.
Correct address of the Petitioner as under:
Sri.Gnana Murthy P.N., S/o late Narasimha, Aged about 38 years, Resident of No.118, Ground Floor, 7th Cross, I Main Road, Chamarajpet, Bengaluru – 560 018.
(By Sri.Balaraj A.C., Advocate) And:
Sri.Thimmesh, S/o late T.Muni Narasappa, Aged about 42 years, …Petitioner R/at No.24, 4th Cross, Saraswathipuram, Nandhini Layout Main Road, Bengaluru – 560 096. ...Respondent This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. praying to set aside the Condition No.1 imposed by the LX Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru in Crl.A.No.1920/2018 dated 29.09.2018 vide Annexure – A.
This Criminal Petition coming on for Admission, this day, the Court made the following:-
O R D E R Petitioner has assailed condition No.1 imposed in the order dated 29.9.2018 in Crl.A.No.1920/2018 on the file of learned LX Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru.
2. Having regard to the provision contained under Section 148 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the minimum deposit of fine amount is 20%, whereas the Court below has imposed a condition to deposit 50% of the total fine amount imposed by the learned trial Court within 60 days, which is reasonable, having regard to the facts of the case. Hence, petitioner has not made out a case to interfere with the order dated 29.9.2018 passed in Crl.A.No.1920/2018.
3. Accordingly, petition stands dismissed.
Consequently, I.A.No.1/2018 filed for stay, is also dismissed.
Sd/- JUDGE bkp