✦ Karnataka High Court

PREM PRAKASH LODHA v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Case at a glance

Outcome

Dismissed

Petition is dismissed as infructuous

Key paragraphs

  • Para 33. Petition is dismissed as infructuous. Sd/- (MOHAMMAD NAWAZ) JUDGE PK List No.: 1 Sl No.: 2 CT: BHK

Judgment

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 1330 OF 2025 BETWEEN:

#1. PREM PRAKASH LODHA S/O DEVI PRASAD LODHA, AGED ABOUT 79 YEARS, MANAGING DIRECTOR, M/S INNOVATIVE VENTURES PVT. LTD. E-7/2, 1ST FLOOR, UNITY BUILIDNG, J.C ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 002 ALSO R/AT, 1-D, CANAL ROAD, MAHAVIR TALLA, KOLKATA - 700 53

#2. PIYUSH LODHA Digitally signed by LAKSHMI T Location: High Court of Karnataka S/O PREM PRAKASH LODHA, AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, DIRECTOR, M/S INNOVATIVE VENTURES PVT. LTD. E-7/2, 1ST FLOOR, UNITY BUILIDNG, J.C ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 002. ALSO R/AT, M-52, JEEVAN BHEEMA NAGAR, LIC COLONY, 9TH B MAIN, BENGALURU - 560 075

#3. M/S INNOVATIVE VENTURES PVT. LTD. REP. BY PREM PRAKASH LODHA (A-2), NO. E-7/2, 1 FLOOR, UNITY BUILDING, J.C ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 002. - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:44579 CRL.P No. 1330 of 2025 HC-KAR

#4. ASHOK KUMAR KEJRIWAL AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS, S/O. LATE ATMARAM KEJRIWAL, DIRECTOR, M/S KUSUM ALLOYS LIMITED, NO. E-7/2, 1ST FLOOR, UNITY BUILDING, J.C ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 002. ALSO R/AT, NO.26/23, SANKEY ROAD CROSS, BENGALURU - 560 052.

#5. M/S KUSUM ALLOYS LIMITED REP. BY ASHOK KUMAR KEJRIWAL (A-12) NO.9, VISHVESHWARAIAH INDUSTRIAL AREA, NO. E-7/2, UNITY BUILDING, J.C ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 002. (BY SRI. MRC MANOHAR, ADVOCATE FOR P4 AND P5; SRI. CHANDRASHEKAR K, ADVOCATE FOR P1 TO P3) …PETITIONERS AND:

#1. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION C.B.I, BS AND FC, NO.32, GANGANAGAR, BENGALURU - 560 032 REP. BY STANDING COUNSEL FOR CBI.

#2. MR. R. HITHENDRA SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE CBI BS AND FC, 32, GANGANAGAR, BENGALURU - 560 032. (BY SRI. PRASANNA KUMAR P, SSP FOR R1) …RESPONDENTS - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:44579 CRL.P No. 1330 of 2025 HC-KAR THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 OF CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNSS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS IN SPL.C.C.NO.33/2011 (R.C.NO.1/2009) REGISTERED BY THE Ist RESPONDENT POLICE/CBI, BS AND FC, FOR THE OFFENCE P/US/.120-B, 409, 419, 420, 468, 471 OF IPC AND SEC.13(2) R/W SEC.13(1)(d) OF PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, THE CASE IS NOW PENDING ON THE FILES OF XXI ADDL CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE AND SPECIAL JUDGE FOR CBI CASES, BENGALURU CITY (CCH-4). THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ ORAL ORDER Petitioner's counsel has filed a memo stating that the petition has become infructuous.

#2. Memo is placed on record.

#3. Petition is dismissed as infructuous. Sd/- (MOHAMMAD NAWAZ) JUDGE PK List No.: 1 Sl No.: 2 CT: BHK

Questions this judgment answers

What did the Court decide in this case?

The Court recorded the following disposition: Petition is dismissed as infructuous

Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 528; Indian Penal Code, 1860; Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — s. 13(1)(d).

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