Ms Sadashivappa v. State of Karnataka,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 3RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 27509 OF 2026 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN:

MS SADASHIVAPPA S/O SIDDEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, OCC AGRICULTURE, R/O JAVAGAL HOBLI, ARSIKERE TALUK, MADANAHALLI. HASSAN, KARNATAKA-573125 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. CHETAN JADHAV.,ADVOCATE)

AND:

¶1STATE OF KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, HASSAN-573125

¶2THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, JAVAGAL POLICE STATION. ARSIKERE TALUK, HASSAN-573125 …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. SARITHA KULKARNI., AGA)

THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO CALL FOR ENTIRE RECORDS AND ISSUE A WRIT IN THE NATURE OF MANDAMUS TO R1 AND 1 DIRECTING THEM TO REGISTER A FIR AS PER ANNX-B DTD

06.09.2025 ANNX-D DTD 01.10.2025, ANNX-F DTD 15.10.2025 AND ANNX-G DTD 25.01.2026 AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE AND ETC.

by SHWETHA RAGHAVENDRA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ

ORAL ORDER

¶1Learned AGA accepts notice for respondents.

¶2The petitioner is before this Court seeking for the following reliefs: a. Call for entire records;

b. Issue a writ in the nature of mandamus to respondent-1 and 2, directing them to register a FIR as per Annexure-B Dated

06.09.2025, Annexure-D Dated 01.10.2025, Annexure-F Dated

15.10.2025 and Annexure-G Dated 25.01.2026. as expeditiously as possible;

c. Grant such other relief, order or direction to the respondent in the circumstances of the case.

¶3The grievance of the petitioner is that the complaints which have been submitted by the petitioner on

06.09.2025,

01.10.2025,

15.10.2025 and

25.01.2026 have not been considered by respondents and registered as a crime number with ensuing investigation.

¶4A perusal of the papers would indicate that the initial complaint was submitted on 06.09.2025 as regards which the endorsement dated 06.09.2025 had been issued stating that the dispute is civil in nature.

¶5Subsequently, another compliant was sought to be filed on 25.01.2026 accompanied by medical records which have been produced at Annexure-H along with photographs, which when the petitioner had sought to submit to the respondent-police was not accepted, is the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner.

¶6A perusal of the medical records issued by the Sri Chamarajendra HIMS Teaching Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, which is a government hospital and the photographs indicate that there is assault which has allegedly occurred on the head of the complainant. In such background, it was but required for the respondent to have accepted the subsequent complaint which was on a different cause of action and gone ahead with the investigation after registering a crime number.

¶7Since the earlier complaint had been rejected on the ground that they are civil disputes would not mean that the subsequent complaint where an physical assault has been alleged and medical records are produced to establish the same, the complaint could have been once again refused. In that background, this Court passes following;

ORDER i. The writ petition allowed. ii. A writ of mandamus is issued directing the respondents to register a complaint in terms of the petitioner's last complaint dated

25.01.2026, produced at Annexure-G, by taking into consideration the medical records subsequently produced by the petitioner. The respondents shall register a crime number and conduct the investigation in accordance with law.

Sd/- (SURAJ GOVINDARAJ) JUDGE

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