Four accused persons (Abdul Sathar, Khalander Shafi, Mohammed Siraj Salam, and Mohammad Mustafa) filed criminal petitions before the Karnataka High Court seeking quashment of proceedings in C.C. No.67/2025 pending before the JMFC III Court, Mangaluru. The case arose from a complaint by Hyder Ali alleging that the accused had blackmailed, extorted money from, and spread false rumours about his brother Mamtaz — a social activist and head of a religious institution — which allegedly drove Mamtaz to commit suicide by jumping from a bridge on 06-10-2024. The petitioners argued that the allegations did not constitute the ingredients of abetment to suicide or any of the other offences charged under the BNS, while the Special Public Prosecutor contended that the matter involved seriously disputed questions of fact warranting a full trial. The judgment text as provided ends before the court's final order is recorded, so the ultimate outcome is not discernible from the text supplied.