Overview

• Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar formally dismissed the FIR filed over an alleged December 2012 sexual assault
• Senior advocate Prabhuling Navadgi demonstrated that the Taj Hotel near Kempegowda International Airport opened four years after the date cited in the complaint
• The court found that the 12-year gap before reporting the incident lacked serious justification
• Balakrishnan had been booked under IPC Section 377 and IT Act Section 66E based on the FIR
• An earlier stay on the proceedings was granted by Justice M. Nagaprasanna for similar timeline discrepancies