78 verified cases from Karnataka, newest first.
Actor Siddhanth Kapoor and two others were booked in a 2022 Bengaluru rave party drug case. The Karnataka High Court has quashed the FIR against all three accused, bringing an end to the proceedings.
Four police officers, including a CCB DySP and three inspectors, were investigated for alleged involvement in Bitcoin-related crimes. A SIT completed investigations into nine separate Bitcoin-related matters. The four officers were dropped from the chargesheet after the Karnataka government denied prosecution sanction.
R. Venkatesh, co-founder of an online education app, is accused of defrauding the public of approximately ₹200 crore by misrepresenting the provision of online education services. The chargesheet alleges glaring acts of cheating. A Karnataka High Court single-judge bench dismissed his petition seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against a GST intelligence officer for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 crore from a businessman based in Mysuru. The accused, currently under suspension, is alleged to have demanded the payment in connection with a GST-related matter.
An FIR was registered against five women caregivers at a daycare centre operating inside Capgemini's HAL campus in Bengaluru following disturbing videos allegedly showing toddlers being physically abused. The alleged abuse included placing children in washing machines, spraying them with toilet jet spray, locking them in bathrooms, and threatening them.
A 24–26-year-old physiotherapist named Sai Surabhi was found dead in a locked room at a homestay near Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka on Monday. Her boyfriend, Sanjeeth Ali, a cab driver from Kerala, was found unconscious beside her. Police have registered a murder case and are investigating whether he murdered her and attempted suicide, or whether they entered a suicide pact.
A 40-year-old woman identified as Krishna Barman, a house help from West Bengal, was found dead at her rented house in Muniyappa Layout under Bommanahalli Police Station limits in Bengaluru. Investigators suspect she was strangled by someone known to her. Police recovered a rope, tablets, and alcohol bottles from the room and are awaiting forensic and postmortem reports.
A 23-year-old woman named Anjali was allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend Rajeev in Bengaluru on a Sunday evening. The incident occurred in the Mahalakshmi Layout Police Station area following an argument over marriage. Rajeev was arrested soon after the incident.
A 29-year-old history-sheeter named Raja alias Halmuk Raja was attacked and hacked to death by a group of unidentified assailants near IG Circle on JP Nagar Road in Bengaluru on a Sunday evening. CCTV footage captured multiple attackers chasing him and assaulting him with machetes. Police suspect the killing to be linked to gang rivalries or a revenge killing.
Three members of a family—Somasundar (55), his wife Muthulakshmi (48), and their younger daughter Supriya (20)—were found stabbed to death in their apartment in Seegehalli under K.R. Puram Police Station jurisdiction on June 22. Their elder daughter Shwetha has been arrested in Puducherry in connection with the murders; her live-in partner Kenneth remains absconding.
Eighteen bonded labourers, including two children, were rescued from a brick kiln at Bevinahalli village in Mysuru district, Karnataka. Three kiln owners have been arrested and charged with bonded labour, human trafficking and related offences. Workers reported being trapped for extended periods after receiving advances.
The Karnataka High Court quashed criminal proceedings against seven persons from Anekal taluk, finding that the case constituted an abuse of process of law and that the dispute was essentially civil in nature.
Kadugodi police launched a murder investigation after a six-year-old child named Vennela was found dead under suspicious circumstances. The mother's lover was arrested while the mother remained untraceable amid competing twists in the case.
Karnataka Minister Nagendra resigned in June 2024 following allegations of misappropriation of funds in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Corporation Limited. He was subsequently arrested by the Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation. Travel restrictions imposed on him have been relaxed.
Sri Gopi Reddy Karthik Reddy, a student of Manipal Institute of Technology who has been in judicial custody, is involved in a bail hearing before the Karnataka High Court in connection with a rape case.
A total of 483 workers in the Mysuru region have filed 783 individual labour court cases over a two-year period. The litigation concerns alleged violations of minimum wage regulations and non-compliance with Provident Fund (PF) and Employee State Insurance (ESI) contributions.
The Karnataka High Court has issued a notice to the state government in response to a petition challenging the recent increase in minimum wages.
Multiple criminal cases arising from Aland communal violence in Karnataka. The Siddaramaiah government attempted to withdraw these cases through government orders, but the Karnataka High Court has stayed and blocked the withdrawal attempts, ruling that the executive cannot usurp the independent discretion vested in public prosecutors under Section 321 CrPC.
Rumors circulated alleging that actor Darshan attempted suicide while held in Parappana Agrahara prison, prompting official clarifications from the Home Minister and visits from his family.
An FIR for cow theft was filed against Mangalamma's family by MK Doddi police nearly two years after the alleged incident, without basic enquiry. The Karnataka High Court found the police probe deficient and quashed the proceedings against Mangalamma's family.