Krishnoji Rao vs The State Of Karnataka

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These were a batch of criminal petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (now Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita) seeking quashing of FIRs registered at Sheshadripuram Police Station, Bengaluru, in various Crime Numbers of 2022, for alleged offences punishable under Sections 409, 420, 465, 468, 471, 472, and 120B read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The FIRs were initially registered by the Sheshadripuram Police Station and subsequently transferred to the Central Crime Branch (CCB), Bengaluru, and were pending on the file of the IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru.

The petitioners, including officers and individuals connected with the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), challenged the criminal proceedings arising out of alleged offences of criminal breach of trust, cheating, forgery, using forged documents, and counterfeiting. The matters were clubbed together before the Karnataka High Court given the commonality of the FIRs, the parties involved, and the nature of the allegations emanating from the functioning of the BDA.

The Karnataka High Court, presided over by Justice Mohammad Nawaz, took up all the connected petitions together and proceeded to examine the legality and propriety of the FIRs and the criminal proceedings challenged therein.

Catchwords: quashing of FIR Section 482 CrPC Section 528 BNSS criminal breach of trust cheating forgery using forged documents counterfeiting Bangalore Development Authority BDA Central Crime Branch IPC Section 409 IPC Section 420 IPC Section 465 IPC Section 468 IPC Section 471 IPC Section 472 IPC Section 120B IPC Section 34