- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:9849 CRL.P No. 2444 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 7TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 2444 OF 2025 BETWEEN: SRI MAHESH V S/O LATE VENKATARAJU AGED 29 YEARS RESIDING AT NO. 106, 2ND CROSS NEAR MAHALAKSHMI LAYOUT BUS STOP, BENGALURU - 560 086 (THE PETITIONER IS CURRENTLY IN J UDICIAL CUSTODY, AT THE CENTRAL PRISON, PARAPPANA AGRAHARA, AS UTP NO. 1076/2025) …PETITIONER (BY SRI SHASHANK NAGENDRAN, ADV.) AND: STATE OF KARNATAKA BY SUBRAMANYANAGAR PS BENGALURU CITY, REPRESENTED BY THE STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT BUILDING BANGALORE - 560 001. …RESPONDENT (BY SMT. N. ANITHA GIRISH, HCGP) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 439 CR.PC (FILED U/S 483 BNNS) PRAYING TO ENLARGE HIM ON BAIL IN FIR IN CR.NO.3/2025 OF SUBRAMANYANAGARA POLICE STATION REGISTERED FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 109(1), 115(2), 126(2), 352 R/W 3(5) OF THE BNS, 2023, PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE HONBLE XXXII ADDL. CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, AT BENGALURU. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: Digitally signed by NANDINI MS Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:9849 CRL.P No. 2444 of 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY ORAL ORDER 1. Accused No.2 in Crime No.3/2025 registered by Subramanyanagar Police Station, Bengaluru, for the offences punishable under Sections 109 (1), 126 (2), 115 (2), 352 read with Section 3(5) of BNS, 2023, is before this Court under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023, seeking regular bail. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 3. FIR in Crime No.3/2025 was registered by Subramanyanagar Police Station, Bengaluru, for the aforesaid offences against three unknown persons on the basis of the first information dated 09.01.2025 received from Bharath N, S/o late Narasimha Murthy H.K. During the course of investigation, petitioner herein was arrested on 31.01.2025 and subsequently, remanded to judicial custody. His bail application filed before the jurisdictional Sessions Court in Crl.Misc.No.1018/2025 was rejected on 12.02.2025. Therefore, he is before this Court. 4. A perusal of the material on record would go to show that the incident in question had taken place outside a pub after the two wheeler which the injured was riding came in front of a - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:9849 CRL.P No. 2444 of 2025 maruti swift car in which accused Nos.1 to 3 were traveling. For the reason that first informant had come in front of their car, accused persons who were inside the car allegedly got down from the car and after abusing the petitioner, they had assaulted him. Accused Nos.2 and 3 allegedly had initially assaulted the first informant with their hands. The allegation of assaulting the injured first informant with a weapon and thereafter dashing him with the car are all found as against accused No.1, who is in custody. It is not in dispute that petitioner has no other criminal antecedents. Considering the nature of allegations found as against him and since he has no other criminal antecedents, I am of the opinion that his prayer for grant of regular bail needs to be answered affirmatively. Accordingly, the following order:- 5. The petition is allowed. The petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in Crime No.3/2025 registered by Subramanyanagar Police Station, Bengaluru, for the offences punishable under Sections 109 (1), 126 (2), 115 (2), 352 read with Section 3(5) of BNS, 2023, subject to the following conditions: - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:9849 CRL.P No. 2444 of 2025 a) Petitioner shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- with two sureties for the likesum, to the satisfaction of the jurisdictional Court; b) The petitioner shall appear regularly on all the dates of hearing before the Trial Court unless the Trial Court exempts his appearance for valid reasons; c) The petitioner shall not directly or indirectly threaten or tamper with the prosecution witnesses; d) The petitioner shall not involve in similar offences in future; e) The petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of the Trial Court without permission of the said Court until the case registered against him is disposed off. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE KK