MAHESH BAYARI v. STATE OF KARNATAKA
Court: High Court of Karnataka
Bench: M.NAGAPRASANNA
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court of Karnataka judgment dated 2026-04-27. MAHESH BAYARI v. STATE OF KARNATAKA. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
- 1 - CRL. P No. 16254 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU TH DATED THIS THE 27 DAY OF APRIL, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 16254 OF 2025 (482(Cr. PC) / 528(BNSS)-) BETWEEN: 1. MAHESH BAYARI S/O NAGARAJ BAYARI AGED 39 YEARS, TH R/AT NO. 465, 13 MAIN ROAD, NANDA DEEPA HOUSING SOCIETY, M C LAYOUT VIJAYANAGAR, BENGALURU 560 054. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. VENKATESH DURGAPPA NAIK. ,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ANNAPOORNESHWARI NAGAR POLICE STATION, Digitally signed by SANJEEVINI J REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, KARISHETTY Location: HIGH HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, COURT OF BENGALURU 560 001. KARNATAKA 2. MS. PREMIKA AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, D/O. LATE NARAYANA MURTHI ADIGA R/AT NO. 8, NAVYA, D GROUP LAYOUT, SRIGANDAKAVALU, BENGALURU-560 091. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. B. N. JAGADEESHA, ADDL. SPP FOR R1; SRI. ARYA KUMAR, ADVOCATE FOR R2) - 2 - CRL. P No. 16254 of 2025 THIS CRL. P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.
PC (FILED U/S 528 BNSS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS IN C. C. NO. 39084/2024 (ANNEXURE A ) FOR THE ALLEGED OFFENCES P/U/S. 498A AND 504 OF IPC AS AGAINST THE ACCUSED/PETITIONER PENDING ON THE FILE OF HONBLE COURT OF THE VI ADDL. CJM, BENGALURU. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR REPORTING SETTLEMENT, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER Petitioner – husband is before this Court calling in question proceedings in C. C. No. 39084/2024, pending before the VI Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru, for offences punishable under Sections 498A and 504 of the IPC. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner – husband and respondent No. 2 – wife in unison submit that the parties to the lis were before the concerned family Court in M. C. No. 1298/2024 and have settled their matrimonial dispute amicably by drawing up certain terms and conditions before the mediation center. The parties have now parted their ways.
A photocopy of the memorandum of settlement is appended to - 3 - CRL. P No. 16254 of 2025 the petition and the parties are before this Court seeking permission to compound the offences. 3. The memorandum of settlement reads as follows: - 4 - CRL. P No. 16254 of 2025 Though the offence alleged against the petitioner in the case at hand inter alia is one punishable under Section 498A of the IPC, since it is a matrimonial dispute and the parties have arrived at settlement, and the allegations are not against the State, I deem it appropriate to accept the memorandum of settlement and terminate the proceedings against the petitioner. - 5 - CRL. P No. 16254 of 2025 4. For the aforesaid reasons, I pass the following: ORDER (i) The criminal petition is disposed. (ii) The proceedings in C. C. No. 39084/2024, pending before the VI Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru, stand quashed. Sd/- (M. NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE NVJ List No. : 2 Sl No. : 234
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