IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOHN MICHAEL CUNHA CRIMINAL PETITION No.1892/2013 BETWEEN:
Sri. Vasanth Kumar S/o late P.Shankar Iyer Aged about 53 years General Manager M/s.Krishna Enterprises (Housing and Infrastructures) India Limited, No.22, 5th ‘A’ Main Road, Hebbal, Bangalore – 560 024.
…PETITIONER (By Ms.Pooja Nagori, Advocate for Sri.V.Sanjay Krishna, Advocate) [ AND:
1. State of Karnataka By Sampigehalli Police Bangalore City, Bangalore, Represented by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Karnataka, Bangalore-1.
2. Assistant Commissioner of Police C.A.R. North (Central Armed Reserve) Sampigehalli, Hegde Nagara, Bangalore-560 077.
...RESPONDENTS (By Sri. Vijay Kumar Majage, Addl. SPP for R-1 R-2 served and unrepresented) This Criminal petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. praying to quash the proceedings in Cr.No.18/2012 on the file of 1st Respondent, Sampigehalli Police, Bangalore city, for the offences p/u/Ss. 427 and 447 of IPC as against the petitioner.
This Criminal petition coming on for orders, this day, the Court made the following:
O R D E R Counsel for petitioner has filed a Memo reporting death of the sole accused. Copy of the Death Certificate issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths produced along with the Memo discloses that the petitioner namely, the accused died on 22.07.2017.
2. In view of the said Memo and the death certificate produced by the counsel for the petitioner, the proceedings against the petitioner in Crime No.18/2012 on the file of Sampigehalli Police Station, Bangalore, are dismissed as abated. Consequently, the petition is also dismissed as abated.
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