KAHC010179582014_1

High Court: Karnataka High Court Bench: BENGALURU
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Case Note & Summary

Thirteen criminal petitions were filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 before the High Court of Karnataka, challenging orders passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Chitradurga in PCR Nos. 1/2014 and 2/2014, and the consequent FIRs registered by the Lokayukta Police. The petitioners, arraigned as accused in the underlying complaints, sought quashing of the proceedings. The case arose from private complaints filed by an advocate and RTI activist alleging corruption. The High Court heard all petitions together, noting that common questions of fact and law were involved, and reserved the matter for orders. The provided judgment text, however, is incomplete and does not contain the court's final decision, reasoning, or operative directions.

Issue of Consideration

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Case Details

2014 LawText (KAR) (10) 2

Crl.P. Nos. 2442/2014, 2576/2014, 3011/2014, 3012/2014, 3052/2014, 2522/2014, 2503/2014, 2523/2014, 3263/2014, 2577/2014, 3054/2014, 3053/2014, 2990/2014

2014-10-28

K.N. Phaneendra

S.M. Chandrashekhara (Senior Counsel), Malipatil P.S., Bahubali A. Danawade, R. Shashidhara

K.C. Ramesh, Manjunath Swamy, K.C. Puroshotham, B.M.S. Veeraiah, Shantappa, S. Rajeshekar, Dinesh Kumar B.C.

State of Karnataka, B.S. Prabhakar

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Nature of Litigation

Criminal petitions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of orders and FIRs in corruption cases.

Remedy Sought

Quashing of the orders dated 25.02.2014 and 10.03.2014 passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Chitradurga in PCR Nos. 1/2014 and 2/2014, and the consequent FIRs.

Filing Reason

The petitioners (accused) sought to quash the trial court orders and FIRs alleging corruption.

Previous Decisions

The Principal District and Sessions Judge, Chitradurga passed orders dated 25.02.2014 in PCR No.1/2014 and 10.03.2014 in PCR No.2/2014, directing registration of FIRs; FIRs were registered on 01.03.2014 and 18.03.2014 respectively.

Judgment Excerpts

In all the above criminal petitions, common question of facts and law are involved. Before adverting to the legal questions raised before this Court, I feel it is just and necessary to bear in mind few factual aspects, which gave raise to filing of these petitions.

Procedural History

The petitioners filed criminal petitions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. challenging the orders dated 25.02.2014 and 10.03.2014 passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Chitradurga in PCR Nos. 1/2014 and 2/2014, and the consequent FIRs registered by the Lokayukta Police.

Acts & Sections

  • Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 482
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