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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 18TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2018
BEFORE
THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JOHN MICHAEL CUNHA
CRIMINAL PETITION NO.1981 OF 2018
BETWEEN:
Rashmi,
D/o Lingaraju,
Aged about 25 years,
R/o Gadibasavapura Village,
Shivani Hobli,
Tarikere Taluk,
Chikkamagalur District – 577 228.
…Petitioner
(By Sri.S.G. Rajendra Reddy, Advocate)
AND:
1. State of Karnataka,
Ajjampura Police,
Chikkamagalur District,
By State Public Prosecutor,
High Court Building,
Bengaluru – 560 001.
2. Smt. Deepa D.,
W/o Parameshwarappa,
Aged about 30 years,
Occ:Engineer,
R/o Thyagadakatte Village,
Shivani Hobli,
2
Tarikere Taluk,
Chikkamagalur District – 577 228.
…Respondents
(By Sri. S. Rachaiah, HCGP for R1;
Sri. Aruna Shyam M, Advocate for R2)
This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of
Cr.P.C praying to quash the FIR in Crime No.331/2017
of Ajjampura Police Station for the offence punishable
under Sections 504, 506, 114 and 498(A) read with
Section 149 of IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry
Prohibition Act in respect of the petitioner herein.
This Criminal Petition coming on for Admission,
this day, the Court made the following:
ORDER
Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner,
learned HCGP for respondent No.1 and Sri. Aruna Shyam
M., learned counsel for respondent No.2.
2. The FIR is registered against five accused
persons including the present petitioner, at the instance
of respondent No.2. All the allegations made in the
complaint are directed mainly against her husband
namely, Accused No.1 and her relatives respondent Nos.2
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to 4. Insofar as the petitioner is concerned, the only
allegation made in the complaint reads as under:
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3. A bare reading of the above allegation
indicates that the accused No.1 was carrying on illicit
relationship with the petitioner and solely on that
account, she has been implicated in the alleged offence.
The allegation made against the petitioner even if taken
as true does not attract any of the offences punishable
under Sections 504, 506, 114, 498A read with Section
149 of IPC and the Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition
Act. Therefore, registration of the F.I.R against the
petitioner is clearly an abuse of process of Court and the
same is liable to be quashed.
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Accordingly, the petition is allowed. The
registration of FIR in Crime No.331/2017 only insofar as
the petitioner-Rashmi (Accused No.5) is concerned, is
hereby quashed.
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JUDGE
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