Section 118(9) in Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993
(9)All prosecutions instituted by or on behalf of the existing Grama Panchayat pending immediately before the specified date shall be continued by or on behalf of such of the interim Grama Panchayats or the Administrator or of the new Grama Panchayats, as the case may be, as the Deputy Commissioner may by order direct.