Criminal Petition No. 2993 of 2025 · The High Court
Case Details
- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:11020 CRL.P No. 2993 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 2993 OF 2025 BETWEEN: 1. MR. RAJAPPA (A2) S/O KALAPPA AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS. 2. MR. AJJAIA. L (A4) S/O LOKANATHA AGED ABOUT 23 YEARS.
Legal Reasoning
are found, have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in Crl.P.No.2982/2025 & Crl.P.No.2992/2025. Petitioners herein do not have any criminal antecedents. Accordingly, he prays to allow the petition. - 5 - NC: 2025:KHC:11020 CRL.P No. 2993 of 2025 3. Learned HCGP who has opposed the petition, does not dispute the submission made by the learned Counsel for the petitioners. 4. Perusal of the material available on record would go to show that in respect of alleged incident that had taken place on 03.01.2025, a case and counter case has been registered by Srirampura Police Station, Chitradurga, in Crime No.4/2025 against Pathaiah and others on the basis of the first information submitted by Rangamma, and Crime No.5/2025 has been registered against Veerabhadrappa and others on the basis of the first information submitted by Veerabhadraiah. The other accused persons in the present case as against whom similar allegations are found, have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in Crl.P.No.2982/2025 & Crl.P.No.2992/2025. Undisputedly, petitioners who are agriculturists by avocation do not have any criminal antecedents. Considering the aforesaid aspects of the matter, I am of the opinion that petitioners' prayer for grant of anticipatory bail requires to be answered affirmatively. Accordingly, the following order: - 6 - NC: 2025:KHC:11020 CRL.P No. 2993 of 2025 5. The petition is allowed. The respondent - Police or any other police in the State of Karnataka are directed to release the petitioners in the event of their arrest in Crime No.4/2025 registered by Sriramapura Police Station, Chitradurga District, for the offences punishable under Sections 189(2), 191(2), 191(3), 352, 109, 54, 115(2), 118(1), 74, 35(2) read with 190 of BNS, 2023, subject to the following conditions: 1. The Petitioners shall appear before the Investigating Officer within 15 days from the date of receipt of the copy of this order and shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- each with two sureties for the likesum to the satisfaction of the investigating officer. 2. Petitioners shall regularly appear before the Trial Court without fail unless exempted by the Trial Court for valid reasons. 3. Petitioners shall not tamper with the prosecution witness and they shall co-operate with the police for investigation and appear before them whenever called upon. - 7 - NC: 2025:KHC:11020 CRL.P No. 2993 of 2025 4. The petitioners shall not involve in similar offences in future. SD/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE KK
Arguments
3. MR. MARANNA (A5) S/O LOKANATHA AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS. 4. MR. MARAPPA. K (A7) @ MARANNA S/O KARIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 22 YEARS. Digitally signed by NANDINI MS Location: High Court of Karnataka 5. MR. GOPALAKRISHNA. (A8) S/O KARIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS. 6. MR. DHANANJAYA (A10) S/O ESHWARAPPA AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS. 7. MR. RAMANNA (A11) @ RAMALINGAPPA S/O KARIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS. 8. MR. VEERABHADRAPPA. (A12) @ VEERABHADRAIAH K S/O KARIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS. - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:11020 CRL.P No. 2993 of 2025 9. MR. RANGANNA (A13) @ RANGAPPA S/O NINGAPPA AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS. 10. MR. PARTHA. (A14) S/O RAMALINGAPPA AGED ABOUT 18 YEARS. 11. MR. BASANNA. A (A15) @ BASAVARAJA A S/O AJJAPPA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS. 12. MR. PRATHAPA (A16) S/O RAMANNA AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS. 13. MR. RAVINDRA. (A17) S/O RUDRAPPA AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS. 14. MR. RUDRAPPA. (A18) S/O KARIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS. 15. MR. MARUTHI. (A19) S/O RUDRAPPA. AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS. 16. MR. UMESHA (A20) S/O PATHANNA AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS. 17. MR. MAHESHA (A21) S/O MAHALINGAPPA AGED ABOUT 23 YEARS. 18. MR. PRANESH (A22) @ PRANESH YADAV B.P S/O PATHANNA AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS. 19. MRS. RATHNAMMA (A26) W/O ESHWARAPPA AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:11020 CRL.P No. 2993 of 2025 20. MR. LOKANATHA (A29) @ LOKESHAPPA @ LOKANATHAPPA S/O KALAPPA AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS. 21. MRS. PADMA (A31) @ PADMAVATHI W/O RAMANNA AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS. 22. MR. MAHALINGAPPA (A33) S/O KARIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS THE PETITIONERS NO.1, 2, 3, 6, 19 AND 20 ARE THE R/O AJJAYYANAHATTI VILLAGE. MATHOD HOBLI HOSADURGA TALUK, CHITRADURGA - 577 533. THE PETITIONERS NO.4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22 ARE THE R/O BALENAHALLI VIALLAGE, MATHOD HOBLI, HOSADURGA TALUK CHITRADURGA - 577 533. …PETITIONERS (BY SMT. SHILPA S GOGI, ADV., FOR SRI SHARATH S GOGI, ADV.) AND: THE STATE OF KARNATAKA THROUGH SRIRAMPURA POLICE STATION HOSADURGA REP. BY THE SPP HIGH COURT BUILDING BANGALORE - 560 001. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI VINAY MAHADEVAIAH, HCGP) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 438 CR.PC (FILED U/S 482 BNSS) PRAYING TO ALLOWING THIS PETITION AND TO ENLARGE THE PETITIONER ON ANTICIPATORY BAIL IN THE POSSIBILITY OF THEIR ARREST BY THE FIRST RESPONDENT POLICE, FOR THE OFFENCE REGISTERED IN CR.NO.4/2025 IN SRIRAMPURA P.S. HOSADURGA TALUK, CHITRADURGA DISTRICT FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:11020 CRL.P No. 2993 of 2025 189(2),191(2),191(3),352,109,54,115(2),118(1),74,351(2) R/W 190 OF BNS ON THE FILE OF COURT OF ADDL.CIVIL JUDGE AND J.M.F.C AT HOSADURGA. 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. Petitioners herein, who are arrayed as accused nos.2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 29, 31 & 33, in Crime No.4/2025 registered by Sriramapura Police Station, Chitradurga District, for the offences punishable under Sections 189(2), 191(2), 191(3), 352, 109, 54, 115(2), 118(1), 74, 35(2) read with 190 of BNS, 2023, are before this Court under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023, seeking anticipatory bail. 2. Learned Counsel for the petitioners submits that the other accused in the present case as against whom similar allegations