Full Judgment
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 5988 OF 2025 BETWEEN:
1. SRI ANIL KUMAR
S/O LATE LAKSHMAN A B AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS R/AT GUNTHAPPANAHALLI ROAD NEAR SRI SAI INTERIOR FACTORY HONNENAHALLI VILLAGE AVALAGURKI PANCHAYATH CHICKBALLAPUR TALUK DISTRICT.
2. SRI SUNIL KUMAR S/O LATE LAKSHMANNA B AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS R/AT 2ND CROSS, WARD NO.21 CHICKBALLAPUR TOWN. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI RAVINDRANATH K, ADV.) Digitally signed AND: by NANDINI D Location: HIGH THE STATE BY CHICKBALLAPUR COURT OF KARNATAKA TOWN POLICE STATION
REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT BENGALURU - 560 001. …RESPONDENT (BY SMT. PUSHPALATHA B, ADDL. SPP) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 438 CR.PC (FILED U/S 482 BNSS) PRAYING TO PASS AN ORDER ENLARGING THE PETITIONERS ON ANTICIPATORY BAIL IN THE EVENT OF THEIR APPREHENSION OF ARREST BY THE RESPONDENT POLICE, IN THE COMPLAINT FILED BY THE COMPLAINANT IN CR.NO.16/2025 U/S 115(2), 118(1), 352, -2-
351(3), 3(5) OF BNS, 2023 ON THE FILE OF PRINCIPAL CIVIL JUDGE (SR.DN.) AND CJM COURT, CHICKBALLAPURA DISTRICT, CHICKBALLAPURA, ON SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THIS HONBLE COURT MAY DEEM FIT.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER
WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY
ORAL ORDER
1. Learned counsel for the petitioner after arguing the
matter for some time submits that petition may be dismissed as not pressed with liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the jurisdictional Sessions Court and file necessary application seeking regular bail. He submits that considering the background in which the incident in question has taken place, the said Court may be directed to consider and dispose of the application seeking regular bail expeditiously.
2. The submission of learned counsel is placed on record.
3. Petition is dismissed as not pressed with liberty as prayed
for. In the event, petitioner surrenders before the jurisdictional Court and files necessary application seeking regular bail, the -3- said Court shall consider the said application on its merits and dispose of the same as expeditiously as possible.
4. All contentions urged are left open. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE DN