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Sri Ravichandra H R vs State Of Karnataka - Criminal Petition

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Summary

The Karnataka High Court is considering criminal petitions challenging an FIR and complaint filed by the Begur Police. The petitions seek to quash the FIR and complaint for alleged offenses under the SC/ST (POA) Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, as well as corresponding sections of the Indian Penal Code.

What changed

The Karnataka High Court, through Justice M. Nagaprasanna, is adjudicating Criminal Petition No. 7805 of 2025 and its connected matter, Criminal Petition No. 7679 of 2025. These petitions are filed by Mr. Nayeem Noor and others, seeking to quash an FIR and complaint registered by the Begur Police Station. The allegations pertain to offenses under Section 3(2)(v) and 3(1)(g) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, including Sections 115(2), 138, 190, 304(2), 310(2), 324(5), 331(4), 351(3), and 352, which correspond to sections of the Indian Penal Code such as 323, 362, 149, 395, 427, 457, 506, and 504.

The petitioners, identified as accused No. 2 and others, are challenging the validity of the FIR and the subsequent proceedings. The court's decision on these petitions will determine whether the FIR and complaint are quashed, potentially impacting the ongoing investigation and prosecution. Legal professionals representing the petitioners and the state are involved in presenting arguments regarding the applicability and interpretation of the cited laws. The outcome could set a precedent for similar cases involving allegations under the SC/ST (POA) Act and the new BNS code.

What to do next

  1. Review case filings and arguments presented by petitioners and respondent state.
  2. Monitor court's decision on the quashing of FIR and complaint.
  3. Assess implications for ongoing investigations and prosecutions under SC/ST (POA) Act and BNS 2023.

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Sri Ravichandra H R vs State Of Karnataka on 5 March, 2026

Author: M.Nagaprasanna

Bench: M.Nagaprasanna

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CRL.P No. 7805 of 2025
C/W CRL.P No. 7679 of 2025

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                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

                     DATED THIS THE 5TH DAY OF MARCH, 2026

                                     BEFORE
                   THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA
                      CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 7805 OF 2025
                                      C/W
                      CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 7679 OF 2025

            IN CRL.P No. 7805/2025

            BETWEEN:

            MR.NAYEEM NOOR
            S/O NOOR MOHAMMED OMER,
            AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS,
            R/AT:NO. 88, MOSQUE ROAD,
            OPP. KFC, FRAZER TOWN,
            BENGALURU - 560 005.
                                                           ...PETITIONER

Digitally (BY SRI KIRAN S.JAVALI, SR.ADVOCATE FOR
signed by
SANJEEVINI J
KARISHETTY SRI AMAR ALEXANDER CORREA, ADVOCATE)
Location:
High Court of
Karnataka
AND:

            1.    STATE OF KARNATAKA
                  BY BEGUR POLICE STATION,
                  BENGALURU - 560 068.
                  REPRESENTED BY
                  STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,
                  HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
                  BENGALURU - 01.
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                                   CRL.P No. 7805 of 2025
                               C/W CRL.P No. 7679 of 2025

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  1. SRI NAGARAJU
    S/O. MUNISWAMY @
    MUNISHAMI@ CHINNAPPA,
    AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS,
    R/AT: NO. 1115, NEAR ANJANEYA TEMPLE,
    BEGURU, BENGALURU - 560 068.
    ...RESPONDENTS
    (BY SRI ANOOP KUMAR, HCGP FOR R-1;

    SMT.SUMAN HEGDE, ADVOCATE FOR R-2)

    THIS CRL.P FILED U/S 528 BNNS, 2023 PRAYING TO
    QUASH THE FIR AND COMPLAINT DATED 30.05.2024,
    29.05.2025 IN CR.NO.122/2025 BY RESPONDENT NO.1
    BEGURU POLICE FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 3(2)(v), 3(1)(g) OF
    THE SC/ST (POA) ACT AND SEC.115(2), 138, 190, 304(2),
    310(2), 324(5), 331(4), 351(3), 352 OF THE BNS 2023
    CORRESPONDING SEC.323, 362, 149, 395, 427, 457, 506,
    504) PENDING ON THE FILE OF LXX ADDL.CITY CIVIL AND
    SESSIONS JUDGE BENGALURU AS AGAINST THE PETITIONER
    WHO IS ACCUSED NO.2 VIDE ANNENXURE A AND B.

IN CRL.P NO. 7679/2025

BETWEEN:

  1. SRI RAVICHANDRA H.R., S/O RAJASHEKAR REDDY, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, NO.748, 18TH MAIN, 6TH BLOCK, KORAMANGALA, BENGALURU SOUTH, BENGALURU - 560 095. -3- NC: 2026:KHC:13573 CRL.P No. 7805 of 2025 C/W CRL.P No. 7679 of 2025

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                                       ...PETITIONER

(BY SRI SANDESH J.CHOUTA, SR.ADVOCATE FOR

 SRI CHANDRA NAIK T., ADVOCATE)

AND:

  1. STATE OF KARNATAKA
    BY BEGUR POLICE STATION,
    REPRESENTED BY
    PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,
    HIGH COURT BUILDING,
    BENGALURU - 560 001.

  2. SRI NAGARAJU
    S/O MUNISWAMI @
    MUNISHAMI @ CHINNAPPA,
    AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS,
    NO.1115,
    NEAR ANJANEYA SWAMY TEMPLE,
    BEGUR,
    BENGALURU CITY - 560 068.
    ...RESPONDENTS

(BY SRI ANOOP KUMAR, HCGP FOR R-1;

 SMT.SUMAN HEGDE, ADVOCATE FOR R-2)

 THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 528 BNSS, 2023 PRAYING

TO QUASHING THE FIR IN CR.NO.122/2025, REGISTERED
BY THE RESPONDENT POLICE (BEGUR P.S) FOR THE
O/P/U/S 3(2)(V), 3(1)(g) OF THE SC/ST (POA) ACT-1989
AND SEC.115(2), 138, 190, 304(2), 310(2), 324(5),
331(4), 351(3) AND 352 OF BNS 2023 PENDING ON THE
FILE OF HON'BLE CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS COURT, CCH-
71 AT BANGALORE.
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CRL.P No. 7805 of 2025
C/W CRL.P No. 7679 of 2025

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  THESE PETITIONS, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS

DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA

                     ORAL ORDER The petitioners, in these cases, call in question a solitary

crime that is registered in Crime No. 122 of 2025 for offences

punishable under Sections 3(2)(v) and 3(1)(g) of the

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of

Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act', for

short) and Sections 115(2), 138, 190, 304(2), 310(2), 324(5),

331(4), 351(3) and 352 of BNS, 2023.

  1. Heard Sri Kiran S Javali, learned senior counsel

appearing for petitioner in Crl.P.No.7805 of 2025 and Sri

Sandesh J Chouta, learned senior counsel appearing for

petitioner in Crl.P.No.7679 of 2025, Sri Anoop Kumar, learned

High Court Government Pleader appearing for respondent No.1

and Smt Suman Hegde, learned counsel appearing for

respondent No.2.

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  1. Facts in brief, germane, are as follows:

3.1. The 2nd respondent is the complainant. The

petitioners in these cases are accused Nos.1 and 2. A complaint

comes to be registered on 29-05-2025 alleging several offences

against these accused. The complaint then becomes a crime in

Crime No. 122 of 2025. Barely within a week, the subject

petitions are filed. The crime is interdicted by grant of an

interim order of stay at the hands of the co-ordinate Bench.
The application seeking vacation of the interim order is

preferred by the State and the 2nd respondent/complainant.

The matter is heard at that stage.

3.2. It is the case of the complainant that, on

29-05-2025, several persons, including the accused, along with

certain henchmen barged into the property of the complainant,

kidnapped, thieved and assaulted the complainant apart from

trespassing into his property. The backdrop to the said

registration of the crime is a claim over the property. The

property is the subject matter of a civil suit in O.S.No.2150 of

2007 filed by the father of the complainant. The suit is

instituted seeking relief of declaration and possession. The suit

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comes to be rejected. The rejection of the suit is challenged in

the year 2025 before the co-ordinate Bench of this Court and

the matter is pending in RFA No.2119 of 2025.

3.3. Contemporaneously, while filing the Regular First

Appeal before this Court, the complainant has also set the

criminal law into motion, not on the pendency of the said

proceeding or on the same cause of action, but on the several

other offences as indicated hereinabove. The registration of the

crime against the accused is what has driven the accused to

this Court in these subject petitions.

  1. The learned senior counsels Sri Kiran S Javali and

Sri Sandesh J Chouta appearing for the petitioners in these

cases would in unison contend that, the matter which is purely

civil in nature is sought to be projected to become a crime, as

the father of the complainant who was plaintiff in the aforesaid

suit O.S.No.2150 of 2007 has lost the suit and after losing the

suit, his son has set the criminal law into motion, now on the

ground that the petitioners have trespassed into the property of

the complainant. The complainant is not even in possession of

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the property and if the complainant is not in possession of the

property, it would not become the offence of criminal trespass.

  1. The learned senior counsel Sri Kiran S Javali would

submit that Sy No. 352 is not even in existence, for which they

claim that phodi has been done and now numbered as

Sy.No.352/2 to 325/7. Therefore, the claim of the complainant

is completely contrary to the record. If the complainant is not

in possession of the property, the crime itself could not have

been registered against these petitioners is what is urged

before the Court.

6.1. Per contra, the learned counsel appearing for the

2nd respondent complainant and the 1st respondent/State would

in unison submit that the issue is not with regard to the civil

suit being given a colour of crime or a civil proceedings being

given a colour of crime. The complainant was in possession of

the property. The possession is determined by the jurisdictional

Tahsildar as well, who places a report on conducting an

inspection. In the light of the said possession, the petitioners

and their henchmen, totally about 500 people, have barged into

the property and destroyed several structures that were

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existing in the property and kidnapped and abducted a

particular person as well. It is on this basis, the crime comes to

be registered. Therefore, the fact of possession or otherwise

would go into the oblivion, in the light of the other offences of

theft and abduction being projected against these petitioners.

6.2. The learned counsel for the 2nd respondent submits

that the crime is registered 7 days prior to the grant of the

interim order. No investigation worth the name is even

conducted where there are a plethora of allegations against the

petitioners, apart from hurling of abuses which could become

the ingredients of the Act.

  1. The learned senior counsel Sri Sandesh J Chouta would

join issue contending that the crime itself could not have been

registered by the police, as the petitioners were in possession.

They are bona fide purchasers and the purchaser has entered

into a joint development agreement with the petitioner in the

companion petition. The issue is, on the face of it, civil in

nature and therefore, the complaint could not have been

registered and this Court must not permit investigation to be

continued in a seemingly civil dispute between the parties.

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  1. I have given my anxious consideration to the

submissions made by the learned senior counsels and the

learned counsel appearing for the respective parties and have

perused the material on record.

  1. A little walk in the history to consider the issue that is

now projected becomes imperative. A suit comes to be filed by

the father of the complainant in OS No.2150 of 2007. The Civil

Court frames the following issues and additional issues thereon.

They read as follows:

".... .... ....

  1. On the above pleadings, my predecessor in office has framed the following;

ISSUES

  1. Whether the plaintiff proves that he is the
    absolute owner in possession of the suit
    schedule property ?

  2. Whether the plaintiff proves that the
    Judgment and Decree passed in
    OS.No.76/1979 in respect of the suit
    schedule property is not binding on him?

  3. Whether the plaintiff proves that the
    defendants are trying to interfere with his
    peaceful possession and enjoyment of the
    suit schedule property ?

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  1. Whether the plaintiff is entitled for the relief of declaration and permanent injunction as prayed for?

Addl. Issues:

  1. Whether the 6th defendant proves that he is
    the bonafide purchaser of a portion of the
    suit schedule property ?

  2. Whether the suit is bad for non joinder of
    necessary parties?

  3. Whether the suit is not properly valued ?

  4. Whether the suit is hopelessly barred by
    limitation?

  5. What order or decree ?"

One of the additional issues that was framed by the Concerned

Court was, whether the 6th defendant, who is the petitioner in

Crl.P.No.7679 of 2025, would prove that he is the bona fide

purchaser of a portion of the suit schedule property. The said

issue is answered in the negative, notwithstanding the fact that

the entire suit itself is negated by the concerned Court, thereby

observing that the plaintiff does not prove that he is the

absolute owner in possession of the scheduled property.

Therefore, the possession itself is in doubt. At paragraph No.21

an observation is made as to who is the bona fide purchaser

and it reads as follows:

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"21. Plaintiff contended that defendants are trying
to interfere with his possession but to prove his
possession not even a scrape of paper produced to show
his possession over the suit schedule property as on the
date of suit. When the documents produced by
himself clearly establishes the possession of
defendant No.1, such being the thing, the alleged
interference as contended by plaintiff holds no
water in the eye of law and it is settled law that
interference need not be physical even by
contesting the case by filing Written statement
itself is sufficient but in the present case on hand
plaintiff failed to prove neither his title nor
possession. On the other hand, defendants have
successfully rebutted the case of plaintiff. Hence, plaintiff
not entitled for the relief as sought for. Hence, I answer
all issues in the negative."
(Emphasis added)

At paragraph 21, as observed hereinabove, it is mentioned as

to who is in possession of the property. The suit is dismissed in

the year 2019. Nothing happens thereafter.

  1. It transpires that the petitioners have entered into

certain further transactions when disturbance ensued and the

complainant registers a crime which becomes the fulcrum of

Criminal Petition No.11495 of 2024, wherein this Court grants

an interim order of stay of further investigation in Crime

No.329 of 2024. The subject petitions do not concern the said

crime. After the aforesaid proceeding, alleging that the incident

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on 29-05-2025, would become the ingredients of all the

offences alleged, the crime was registered by the

2nd respondent/complainant. The subject complaint reads as

follows:

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This becomes a crime in Crime No. 122 of 2025, for a plethora

of offences. The issue now would be, whether on the score that

the father of the complainant has lost the civil suit in

O.S. No.2150 of 2007, the complainant should be permitted to

register the complaint or the State Agency should be permitted

to continue with the investigation.
11. As observed hereinabove, the crime is registered on

29-05-2025 and the interim order, in favour of the petitioners

is granted on 06-06-2025 and 10-06-2025 respectively, seven

to ten days after the registration of the crime. Therefore, the

petitions are preferred even before the ink on the crime could

dry. The allegation is not limited to the trespass. The offences

are the ones punishable under Section 138 of the BNS which is

abduction, 190 of the BNS which is unlawful assembly, 304 of

the BNS which is snatching, 324 and 331 of the BNS being

mischief and trespass respectively, and Sections 3(1)(g) and 3(2)(v) of the Act for wrongful dispossession of a member of

the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe for his land or

premises knowing that such person belongs to a Scheduled

Caste or Scheduled Tribe. Therefore, it is an amalgam of

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several offences against the petitioners and not only that of

trespass. If the entire issue was relating only to the offence of

427 or 447 of the earlier regime, the IPC, which is mischief and

criminal trespass respectively, it would have been altogether a

different circumstance. The crime being too nascent, this Court

would not lend its protective hands to the petitioners without

investigation.

  1. What is projected is, that the dispute between the

parties is purely civil in nature and therefore, the crime cannot

spring. It is trite law that merely because a proceeding projects

it to be a civil dispute, the criminal proceedings cannot be set

aside. Both civil and criminal law, in certain circumstances, can

contemporaneously go on is the settled principle of law, which

is too well settled by the Apex Court in a plethora of

judgments.

12.1. The Apex Court in [ROCKY v. STATE OF

TELANGANA1](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158338248/) has held as follows:

".... ..... ....

  1. The appellant's core contention, that the
    dispute is purely civil in nature, is untenable at this

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     stage. Although courts must guard against giving
     criminal colour to civil disputes, it is equally well
     settled that the existence of civil remedies does not
     preclude criminal prosecution where the allegations
     disclose the essential ingredients of an offence. Civil
     and criminal proceedings may validly coexist if the
     factual matrix supports both."

12.2. The Apex Court in ANURAG BHATNAGAR v.

STATE (NCT OF DELHI)2 has held as follows:

".... ..... ....

  1. The allegations in the application moved
    under Section 156(3) CrPC and the material in
    support thereof reveals that SHL is contending
    breach of the conditions of MoU dated 11.03.1995
    and that it has been induced and deceived by VLS for
    entering into the aforesaid MoU. VLS has cheated SHL
    and its officers by making a false promise which was
    legally impossible to be carried out. The allegations
    of breach of conditions of the MoU or of making a
    false promise by itself may not give rise to any
    criminal action as no criminality is attached to it.
    However, there are elements of inducement, criminal
    conspiracy and cheating which are also borne out
    from the allegations made in the application and the
    complaint, which if proved, may amount to
    commission of an offence. Therefore, once such
    allegations are made out, it is difficult for the court in
    exercise of its inherent jurisdiction to interfere with
    the FIR, only for the reason that some of the disputes
    are of civil nature which may or may not be having
    any criminality attached to it.

  2. It is well settled by a catena of decisions of this
    Court, especially in State of Haryana v. Ch. Bhajan Lal
    Singh
    , that the discretion to quash an FIR at a nascent
    stage has to be exercised with great caution and
    circumspection. In this connection, it would be beneficial to

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     refer to an old case of Privy Council in [King
     Emperor v. Nazir Ahmad Khwaja](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1708066/) wherein the law was well
     settled that the courts would not thwart any investigation
     or that the courts should be very slow in interfering with
     the process of investigation. It is only in rare cases where
     no cognizable offence is disclosed in the FIR that the court
     may stop the investigation so as to avoid the harassment of
     the alleged accused. Even in such exercise of power, the
     court cannot embark upon an inquiry as to the genuineness
     or otherwise of the allegations made in the FIR or the
     complaint which have to be examined only after the
     evidence is collected.
  1. The breach of conditions of the MoU or
    allegations of false promises in relation to the
    aforesaid MoU are undisputedly subject matter of the
    different FIRs lodged by VLS itself. Therefore,
    violation of those conditions for some reasons have
    been considered by VLS to be offensive. Therefore,
    the High Court rightly held that if breach of those
    conditions of the MoU itself has been considered to
    be of criminal nature by VLS, it cannot be permitted
    to turn around and allege that such breach of
    conditions would be of pure civil nature.

  2. Thus, in the above facts and circumstances, we
    do not consider to go into detail as to the exact nature of
    disputes involved in the FIR and leave the same to be
    adjudicated upon by the appropriate court where the
    chargesheets have been submitted."

12.3. In KATHYAYINI v. SIDHARTH P.S. REDDY3 the

Apex Court has held as follows:

".... .... ....

  1. We now come to the issue of bar against
    prosecution during the pendency of a civil suit. We
    hereby hold that no such bar exists against
    prosecution if the offences punishable under criminal

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 law are made out against the parties to the civil suit.
 Learned senior counsel Dr.MenakaGuruswamy has rightly
 placed the relevant judicial precedents to support the above
 submission. In the case of [K. Jagadish v. Udaya Kumar
 G.](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/8051415/) [S.3](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157412304/), this Court has reviewed its precedents which clarify
 the position. The relevant paragraph from the above
 judgment is extracted below:

"8. It is thus well settled that in certain
cases the very same set of facts may give rise to
remedies in civil as well as in criminal
proceedings and even if a civil remedy is availed
by a party, he is not precluded from setting in
motion the proceedings in criminal law."
20. In Pratibha Rani v. Suraj Kumar4, this Court
summed up the distinction between the two remedies as
under:

"21. ... There are a large number of cases
where criminal law and civil law can run side by
side. The two remedies are not mutually
exclusive but clearly coextensive and essentially
differ in their content and consequence. The
object of the criminal law is to punish an
offender who commits an offence against a
person, property or the State for which the
accused, on proof of the offence, is deprived of
his liberty and in some cases even his life. This
does not, however, affect the civil remedies at all for
suing the wrongdoer in cases like arson, accidents, etc.
It is an anathema to suppose that when a civil remedy
is available, a criminal prosecution is completely
barred. The two types of actions are quite different in
content, scope and import. It is not at all intelligible to
us to take the stand that if the husband dishonestly
misappropriates the stridhan property of his wife,
though kept in his custody, that would bar prosecution
under Section 406 IPC or render the ingredients of Section 405 IPC nugatory or abortive. To say that
because the stridhan of a married woman is kept in the
custody of her husband, no action against him can be
taken as no offence is committed is to override and
distort the real intent of the law."

  1. The aforesaid view was reiterated in Kamaladevi Agarwal v. State of W.B.,
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               "17. In view of the preponderance of authorities
       to the contrary, we are satisfied that the High Court
       was not justified in quashing the proceedings initiated
       by the appellant against the respondents. We are also
       not impressed by the argument that as the civil suit
       was pending in the High Court, the Magistrate was not
       justified to proceed with the criminal case either in law
       or on the basis of propriety. Criminal cases have to
       be proceeded with in accordance with the
       procedure as prescribed under the [Code of
       Criminal Procedure](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/445276/) and the pendency of a civil
       action in a different court even though higher in
       status and authority, cannot be made a basis for
       quashing of the proceedings."
  1. After surveying the abovementioned cases, this
    Court in K. Jagadish (supra) set aside the holding of High
    Court to quash the criminal proceedings and held that
    criminal proceedings shall continue to its logical end.

  2. The above precedents set by this Court
    make it crystal clear that pendency of civil
    proceedings on the same subject matter, involving
    the same parties is no justification to quash the
    criminal proceedings if a prima facie case exists
    against the accused persons. In present case
    certainly such prima facie case exists against the
    respondents. Considering the long chain of events
    from creation of family tree excluding the daughters
    of K.G. Yellappa Reddy, partition deed among only
    the sons and grandsons of K.G. Yellappa Reddy,
    distribution of compensation award among the
    respondents is sufficient to conclude that there was
    active effort by respondents to reap off the benefits
    from the land in question. Further, the alleged threat
    to appellant and her sisters on revelation of the
    above chain of events further affirms the motive of
    respondents. All the above factors suggest that a
    criminal trial is necessary to ensure justice to the
    appellant."

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     12.4. In [PUNIT     BERIWALA         v.   STATE   (NCT       OF

DELHI](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/78386474/))4 the Apex Court holds as follows:

"... .... ....

MERE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL PROCEEDINGS CANNOT ACT
AS A BAR TO INVESTIGATION OF COGNIZABLE OFFENCES

  1. It is trite law that mere institution of civil proceedings is not a ground for quashing the FIR or to hold that the dispute is merely a civil dispute. This Court in various judgments, has held that simply because there is a remedy provided for breach of contract, that does not by itself clothe the Court to conclude that civil remedy is the only remedy, and the initiation of criminal proceedings, in any manner, will be an abuse of the process of the court. This Court is of the view that because the offence was committed during a commercial transaction, it would not be sufficient to hold that the complaint did not warrant a further investigation and if necessary, a trial. [See: Syed Aksari Hadi Ali Augustine Imam v. State (Delhi Admin.), (2009) 5 SCC 528, Lee Kun Hee v. State of UP, (2012) 3 SCC 132 and Trisuns Chemicals v. Rajesh Aggarwal, (1999) 8 SCC 686]".

(Emphasis supplied at each instance)

  1. In view of the afore-quoted judgments, the criminal

culpability and civil wrong can be the two sides of the same

coin insofar as the investigation is concerned, more so in the

light of the fact that the jurisdictional Tahsildar has inspected

the property and has rendered a report that the family of

complainant is residing in Sy.No.352/5 of the suit schedule

property. The report of the Tahsildar reads as follows:

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      "ಉಪತಹ?ೕ<ಾ>
       ಉಪತಹ?ೕ<ಾ>p ರವರAಾOಾ;ಲಯ,
                  ರವರAಾOಾ;ಲಯ ಾಡಕ©ೇ                   ೇಗೂರು,
                                                      ೇಗೂರು ೇಗೂರು FೋಬJ,
                                                                    FೋಬJ

ೆಂಗಳ ರು ದªಣiಾಲೂ:ಕು ೆಂಗಳ ರು -560068
ಎ ಎV/ ೇ/ಎಂಎPK/Kಆp 88/2025-26 2 ಾಂಕ:04/06/2025

(ಲಗತು0 ಕಡತಕ5 ಸಂ 1 ಂರವ ೆ ೆ)

ೆ,
ತಹ?ೕ<ಾ>p ರವ ೆ
ೆಂಗಳ ರು ದªಣ iಾಲೂ:ಕು
ೆಂಗಳ ರು

4ಷಯ: ೆಂಗಳ ರು ದªಣ iಾಲೂ:ಕು ೇಗೂರು FೋಬJ, ೇಗೂರು ಾ5ಮದ
ಸ.ನಂ 352/5 Fಾಗೂ 352/6 ರ ಜ ೕ ನ9: ನTೆದ ಸ-ಳAೆg ೇ_ ೕV
ಸ-ಳವನು$ ಪ ?ೕ9K ವರ2 ೕಡಲು Aೋ ಸFಾಯಕ „9ೕP
ಆಯುಕ0ರು ಎ<ೆAಾ« ` K_ ಉಪ4žಾಗ ೆಂಗಲೂರು ರವರ ಮನ4

ಉ<ೆ:ೕಖ: 1)*ಾನ3 ಸFಾಯಕ „9ೕP ಆಯುತ ಕ©ೇ ಎ<ೆAಾ« K_
ಉಪ4žಾಗ, ರವರ ಪತ5ದ ಸಂ8ೆ3
©.f.¦.J¸ï/¦J¸ï/ªÉƸÀA 122/2025- 2:30/05/2025

1)*ಾನ3 ತಹ?ೕ<ಾ>p ರವರ ಕ©ೇ ಾಪನ ಪತ5ದ ಸಂ8ೆ3 ಎಂ ಎP
K/K ಆp 122/2025-26 2 ಾಂಕ:30/05/2025

2) ಾಜಸ ೕ ಕರ ವರ2 ಸಂ8ೆ3 ಾ. ( ೇ) Qಆp 33/2025-26

^ೕಲgಂಡ 4ಷಯAೆg ಸಂಬಂ2Kದಂiೆ, ಉ<ೆ:ೕಖ (1) ರನ ಯ ೆಂಗಳ ರು ದªಣ
iಾಲೂ:ಕು ೇಗೂರು FೋಬJ, ೇಗೂರು ಾ5ಮದ ಸ.ನಂ 352/5 Fಾಗೂ 352/6 ರ
ಜ ೕ ನ9: ನTೆದ ಸ-ಳAೆg ೇ_ ೕV ಸ-ಳವನು$ ಪ ?ೕ9K ವರ2 ೕಡಲು Aೋ
ಸFಾಯಕ „9ೕP ಆಯುಕ0ರು ಎ<ೆAಾ« ` K_ ಉಪ4žಾಗ ರವರು Aೋ ರುವ ಬ ೆW
ಉ<ೆ:ೕಖ (2) ರ ಪತ5ದ9: ಸೂ"Kರುವಂiೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಪಟu ಾಜಸ ೕ ಕ ಂದ ಉ<ೆ:ೕಖ (3)
ರಂiೆ ವರ2 ಪTೆದು ಪ ?ೕ9ಸ<ಾ=,

ೇಗೂರು FೋಬJ,
FೋಬJ ೇಗೂರು ಾ5ಮದ ಸ.ನ
ನ 352 ರ ಜ ೕನು ಮೂಲತಃ
ಇ ಾಂ/ ಜ ೕನು ಇದು>, ಸದ ಸ.ನಂ
ನಂ „ೕVOಾ= ಸ.ನಂ
ನಂ 352/1, 352,2 352/3,
352/4 352/5 352/6 352/7 352/8 352/9 352/10 352/11 ಎಂಬು,ಾ=
„ೕVOಾ=ದು>, ಸದ ಸ.ನಂ
ನಂ 352/5 ರ9: ೇಣುAಾ ಯಲ:ಮD Fಾಗೂ !ಾಂತ ಮು ೇಶ ರ
,ೇವ ಾ-ನ Fಾಗೂ ಮು !ಾ ರವರ 7ಾಸದ ಮ ೆ ಇದು>, ಈ ಬ ೆW ಾ3y <ೈy

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     ನAಾ!ೆಯಂiೆ ಕಂಡುಬಂ2ದು>, ಈ ಬ ೆW ಾ5ಮಸ-ರು ©ಾಯ "ತ5ಗಳನು$ ೕVರುiಾ0 ೆ.ೆ ಸ.ನಂ
                                                                     ನಂ
     352/5 ರ9: 0-13 ಗುಂ6ೆ ಜ ೕ ನ9: ಮು !ಾ            ಉರು- "ನ$ಪ& Fಾಗೂ Fೆಂಡ/
     ಮು ಯಲ:ಮD      ಮತು0   ಮಕgಳY     ,ೇವ ಾ-ನದ    1ೊiೆ ೆ     ಮ ೆಯನು$      ಕ_uAೊಂಡು
     7ಾಸ4ರುವb,ಾ= /JKರುiಾ0 ೆ.ೆ

            ಮು !ಾ     ಉರು- "ನ$ಪ& ರವರು ಆ2 ,ಾ54ಡ ಜ ಾಂಗದವ ಾ=ರುವb,ಾ=
     /JKರುiಾ0 ೆ.ೆ Fಾಗೂ ಸ.ನಂ
                         ನಂ 352/2 ರ9: 0-14 ಗುಂ6ೆ Fಾಗೂ ಸ.ನಂ
                                                        ನಂ 352/5 ರ9: 0-12
     ಗುಂ6ೆ EzÀÄÝ, EzÀgÀ 8ಾiೆ,ಾರರುಗಳY ಎಂ ?5ೕ 7ಾP Fಾಗೂ SರM Aೆ ರವರ Fೆಸ ನ9:

ಕ5ಮ7ಾ= 0-06 ಗುಂ6ೆ,
ಗುಂ6ೆ 0-06 ಗುಂ6ೆ MlÄÖ 0-12 ಗುಂ6ೆ ಈ ಾಗ<ೇ ಭೂ
ಪ ವತ; ೆOಾ=ರುತ0,ೆ.ೆ Fಾಗೂ ಒಎP ನಂ 481/2011 ರಂiೆ K4f ಾ3Oಾಲಯದ9:

ಸ.ನಂ
ನಂ 352/2 Fಾಗೂ
Fಾಗೂ 352/5 ಜ ೕನುಗಳ ಪ5ಕರಣ ನTೆಯು/0ರುತ0,ೆ.ೆ Fಾಗೂ ೆಂಗಳ ರು
4ದು3~ ಸರಬ ಾಜು ಕಂಪ ಯ ತ ರವರ ಆpಆp ಸಂ8ೆ3 K¸ï10ºÉZï96948,
2660306192 Fಾಗೂ 14001832 ರಂiೆ 8ಾiೆ ಇದು>, ಸ.ನಂ 352/5 Aೆg ಒಳಪ_uರುತ0,ೆ.
ಸದ ಜ ೕ ೆ ಸಂಬಂhKದಂiೆ ಪ5?$ತ, ಗೂಗf ನ®ೆ ©ಾಯಪ5/ಗಳY Fಾಗೂ
,ಾಖ<ೆಗ•ೆ ಂ2 ೆ ಮುಂ2ನ ಕ5ಮAೆg ತಮD ಅವ ಾಹ ೆ ೆ ಸ9:K,ೆ.

ಸl/-

ಉಪತಹ?ೕ<ಾ>ರರು
ಾಡಕ©ೇ , ೇಗೂರು
FೋಬJ
ೆಂಗಳ ರು zÀQët vÁ®ÆèPÀÄ"

(Emphasis added)

In that light, investigation in such cases is a must and is in the

least.
14. Therefore, finding no merit in these petitions, the

petitions stand rejected.

Interim order of any kind operating shall stand dissolved.

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  Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed.

SD/-

(M.NAGAPRASANNA)
JUDGE

BKP
List No.: 2 Sl No.: 25

Source

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Classification

Agency
KHC
Filed
March 5th, 2026
Instrument
Enforcement
Legal weight
Binding
Stage
Final
Change scope
Substantive
Document ID
NC: 2026:KHC:13573 / CRL.P No. 7805 of 2025
Docket
CRL.P No. 7805 of 2025

Who this affects

Applies to
Criminal defendants Law enforcement Legal professionals
Industry sector
9211 Government & Public Administration
Activity scope
Criminal Investigations Law Enforcement Procedures
Geographic scope
IN-KA IN-KA

Taxonomy

Primary area
Criminal Justice
Operational domain
Legal
Topics
Civil Rights Law Enforcement

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