✦ Karnataka High Court · 12 Aug 2026

C.MANJUNATH @ KUNTA MANJA v. STATE OF KARNATAKA

Case at a glance

Outcome

Withdrawn

petition is dismissed as withdrawn

Key paragraphs

  • Para 33. In view of the above said memo, the criminal petition is dismissed as withdrawn. SD/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE NBM List No.: 1 Sl No.: 125

Judgment

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.11422 OF 2026 BETWEEN: C.MANJUNATH @ KUNTA MANJA S/O CHANDRASHEKHARA AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS R/O NO.79, 1ST CROSS PAPAREDDYPALYA KENGERI MAIN ROAD BENGALURU - 560060 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. SYED AKBAR PASHA, ADVOCATE) AND: STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ALANAHALLI POLICE STATION MYSURU R/P BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA BENGALURU - 560001 CHAITHRA A Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA …RESPONDENT (BY SMT.RASHMI JADHAV, ADDL. SPP) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/SEC.439 CR.P.C (U/SEC.483 BNSS) BY THE ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER PRAYING THAT THIS HONOURABLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO GRANT REGULAR HC-KAR - 2 - NC: 2026:KHC:42744 CRL.P No. 11422 of 2026 CNR: KAHC010520552026 BAIL IN CR.NO.58/2026 REGISTERED BY ALANAHALLI P.S., FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/SEC.20(b)(ii)(B) OF NDPS ACT, 1985, PENDING BEFORE THE LEARNED VII ADDL. DISTRICT AND SESSIONS COURT, MYSURU AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a memo dated 12.08.2026 seeking permission of this Court to withdraw the petition as having become infructuous.

#2. The memo is taken on record.

#3. In view of the above said memo, the criminal petition is dismissed as withdrawn. SD/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE NBM List No.: 1 Sl No.: 125

Questions this judgment answers

What did the Court decide in this case?

The Court recorded the following disposition: petition is dismissed as withdrawn

Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 439; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 483; Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — s. 20(b)(ii)(B).

Which court decided this case, and when?

Karnataka High Court, on 12 Aug 2026. The bench was S VISHWAJITH SHETTY.

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