-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA CIRCUIT BENCH AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 16Th DAY OF MARCH, 2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE V. JAGAN NATHAN CRIMINAL PETITION NO.10026/2011 Connected with CRIMINAL PETITION NO.8269/2010 IN CRL.P. NO.10026/2011: Between: Krishnagouda S/o.Basanagouda Hatti, Age 30 years, Ccc.: Agriculture and Private Service, R/o.Holemannur, Tq.: Ron, District Gadag. Petitioner (By Smt.S.N.Nadaf for Sri.B.V.Somapur, Advocate) And: The State of Karnataka, R/by State Public Prosecutor, Circuit Bench, Dharwad. Respondent (By Sri. Vinayak Kulkarni, HCGP) This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings initiated in C.C.No.46/2010 pending on the file of the C.J.M. Bagalkot and also quash the charge sheet filed against this petitioner by the town police, Bagalkot in the said case so far as it relates to this petitioner is concerned. -2- IN CRL.P. NO.8269/2010: Between: Iranna S/o.Subhas Gokale, Aged about 30 years, 0cc. Private Service, R/o. C/o. A.S.Binjawadagi, Near Railway Police Station, Hanuman Temple Road, Bagalkot. Petitioner (By Sri.Shivakumar S.Badawadagi, Advocate> And: The State of Karnataka, Through Town Police Station, Bagalkot, By SPP High Court, Dharwad. Respondent (By Sri. Vinayak Kulkarni, HCGP) This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings in Criminal case No.46/20 10 filed by the respondent police on the file of Chief Judicial Magistrate Bagalkot in so far as it relates to the petitioner is concerned. These petitions are coming on for admission this day, the Court made the following: COMMON ORDER All these petitions are disposed of after hearing the learned counsels appearing for the parties. -3- 2. Criminal Petition No.10026/2011 is filed by one Krishnagouda S/o.Basanagouda Hatti praying for quashing of the proceedings in C.C.No.46/2010 which is based on the Crime No.253/2008 in respect of the offences punishable under Sections 420, 419, 511 read with Section 34 of LPC and Criminal Petition No.8269/2010 is filed by one Iranna S/o.Subhas Gokale who is also ope of the accused person in the same Crime No.253/2008. 3. The case of the prosecution, as per the charge sheet is that, the accused Krishnagouda in order to get the employment for the post of Police Constable, filed application and mentioned his name in ‘the application, but the photograph was not of the petitioner but of some one else and 2act accused assisted in filling up of the form. Therefore, after investigation the police have filed charge sheet alleging that accused persons have commiftedaforementioned offences as the accused tried to impersonate themselves as some one else and the name of the applicant was different from the photograph that was produced. 4 -4- ( 4 4. Having heard the petitioners’ counsel in regard to the aforesaid allegations and the learned High Court Government Pleader submitting that the charge sheets have I been submitted against all of the accused persons, in my view this Court cannot interfere with the matter at this stage in I respect of the offence, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. and the petitioner is at liberty to take whatever defence before the trial I Court for seeking discharge. 5. For the above reasons both the petitions are rejected. Sd/i. JUDGE Vrip