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These were a batch of twenty-one criminal petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (now Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita) along with one Writ Petition, seeking to quash FIRs registered by the Sheshadripuram Police Station, Bengaluru (subsequently transferred to the CCB), for alleged offences punishable under Sections 409, 420, 465, 468, 471, 472, 120B read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The FIRs arose from alleged irregularities involving BDA (Bangalore Development Authority) officials and others in the allotment of sites and related fraudulent acts.
The petitions were filed by various accused persons including BDA officials and private individuals who were allegedly involved in fabrication of documents, criminal breach of trust, cheating, and forgery in connection with BDA site allotments. The criminal proceedings were pending before the IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru.
The Karnataka High Court, before the Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mohammad Nawaz, took up all the connected matters together for disposal, given the common questions of law and fact arising therefrom and the interlinked nature of the FIRs registered across Crime Nos. 15, 16, 17 and 18 of 2022 of Sheshadripuram Police Station.
Catchwords:
quashing of FIR · Section 482 CrPC · Section 528 BNSS · criminal breach of trust · cheating · forgery · fabrication of documents · BDA site allotment · Bangalore Development Authority · criminal conspiracy · IPC offences · Karnataka High Court
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