Bengaluru, March 26 -- The Karnataka high court on Wednesday quashed the FIR registered against Art of Living founder Ravi Shankar in connection with an alleged land encroachment case in Bengaluru. The order was passed by justice M Nagaprasanna after hearing the petition filed by Ravi Shankar, seeking to set aside the FIR registered by the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) following allegations of encroachment on government land in Bengaluru's south taluk. In 2023, the allegations were made against the spiritual leader in a public interest litigation (PIL) filed before the HC, which sought demolition of structures allegedly built over encroached public land. On September 9, 2025, the HC had directed the local administration and the p...