IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2018
BEFORE
THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S.MUDAGAL
CRIMINAL PETITION NO.374 OF 2015
BETWEEN:
1. SRI CHENANDA GIRISH KUMAR
S/O C.K.SOMAIAH
AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS
2. SMT.C.S.BOJAMMA
W/O C.K.SOMAIAH
AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS
3. SRI C.K.SOMAIAH
S/O C.B.KUTTAPPA
AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS
PETITIONERS 1 TO 3
R/AT NO.43, SUNIGIRI VILLA
1ST CROSS, V.B.LAYOUT
KRISHNARAJAPURAM POST
BANGALORE – 560 036
4. SRI CHENANDA SUNIL SUBBAIAH
S/O C.K.SOMAIAH
AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS
R/AT NO.43/2, 1ST CROSS
V.B.LAYOUT, KRISHNARAJAPURAM POST
BANGALORE – 560 036 … PETITIONERS
(BY SRI AMARESH A.ANGADI, ADV.)
CRL.P.NO.374/2015
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AND
1. STATE OF KARNATAKA
BY HALASUR GATE WOMEN POLICE STATION
BANGALORE – 560 002
2. SMT.ASHRITH
W/O SRI CHENANDA GIRISH KUMAR
D/O SRI MALLENGADA T.ASHOK
AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS
R/AT NO.38/22A, 11TH CROSS
ANITHA NILAYA, MANORANAPALYA
AYYAPPA BLOCK, R.T.NAGAR
BANGALORE – 560 032 … RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI NAZRULLA KHAN HCGP FOR R-1;
SRI FRANCIS XAVIER, ADV. FOR R-2)
THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482
OF CR.P.C PRAYING TO QUASH THE PROCEEDINGS IN
C.C.NO.31489/2014 PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE VI-ACMM
COURT, BANGALORE.
THIS CRIMINAL PETITION COMING ON FOR ADMISSION
THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
The petitioners are seeking quashing of the
proceedings in C.C.No.31489/2014 on the file of VI
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bangalore
City. The petitioners are being prosecuted in the said
case for the offences punishable under Sections 498A,
506 and 120B of IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the
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Dowry Prohibition Act, on the basis of the complaint
filed by second respondent.
2. The dispute between the parties is a
matrimonial dispute. The learned Counsel for the
petitioners produces memo with copies of the
following documents:
1) CC of order in M.C.No.448/2015 along with
Mediation Report and
2) Copy of the order in M.C.No.1953/2016
passed by the Family Court, Bengaluru.
3. The aforesaid documents show that in
M.C.No.448/2015 filed by the first petitioner against
the second respondent under Section 9 of the Hindu
Marriage Act, 1955, at a Mediation, the parties have
arrived at memorandum of settlement. The
documents further show that the Family Court,
Bengaluru, recording the said memorandum of
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settlement has disposed of M.C.No.448/2015 in terms
of the memorandum of settlement.
4. As per Clause (5) of the memorandum of
settlement, the second respondent has agreed to
withdraw her complaint in C.C.No.31489/2014 subject
to payment of Rs.3,60,000/-. The order sheet in
M.C.No.448/2015 shows that the second respondent
has acknowledged the receipt of Demand Draft for
Rs.3,60,000/-.
In view of the said settlement, this petition is
allowed. The proceedings in C.C.No.31489/2014
pending on the file of VI Additional Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate, Bangalore City, are hereby quashed.
Sd/-
JUDGE
KNM/-
