- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:11232 CRL.P No. 2642 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 2642 OF 2025 BETWEEN: HEMANTH KUMAR N.R @ BETTADA HEMANTH S/O. RANGAPPA AGED ABOUT 21 YEARS R/AT SIDDARABETTA CHANNARAYANADURGA HOBLI, KORATAGERE TALUK TUMAKURU - 572 138. …PETITIONER (BY SRI ANIL KUMAR A.S, ADV., FOR SRI PARAMESWARAPPA C, ADV.) AND: STATE BY KORATAGERE POLICE STATION TUMAKURU - 572 129 REPRESENTED BY THE STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU - 571 440. …RESPONDENT (BY SMT. PUSHPALATHA B, ADDL.SPP) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 439 CR.PC (FILED U/S 483 BNNS) PRAYING TO PASS AN ORDER AND THERBY RELEASE HIM ON BAIL IN CONNECTION WITH CR.NO.327/2024 OF THE RESPONDENT KORATEGERE POLICE STATION FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 20(a)(b) AND 29 OF THE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT, 1985 PENDING Digitally signed by NANDINI MS Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:11232 CRL.P No. 2642 of 2025 BEFORE LRD. PRL. DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE AT TUMAKURU FOR THE AFORESAID OFFENCES. 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. Accused No.1 in Crime No.327/2024 registered by Koratagere Police Station, Tumakuru, for the offences punishable under Sections 20(a)(b) and 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985, is before this Court under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023, seeking regular bail. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that allegation as against accused Nos.1 and 2 are similar. Seized contraband article is of intermediate quantity. Accused No.2 has been granted regular bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court. Petitioner has no other criminal antecedents. Accordingly, he prays to allow the petition. 4. Per contra, learned HCGP, who has opposed the petition however, does not dispute the submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner. - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:11232 CRL.P No. 2642 of 2025 5. The material on record would go to show that total weight of the seized contraband article allegedly ganja is 2.580 kgs. The allegation as against accused Nos.1 and 2 are similar. Accused No.2 has been granted regular bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Crl.P.No.150/2025 disposed of on 21.01.2025. Undisputedly, petitioner has no other criminal antecedents. Considering the aforesaid aspects of the matter, I am of the opinion that the prayer made by the petitioner for grant of regular bail needs to be answered affirmatively. Accordingly, the following order:- 6. The petition is allowed. The petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in Crime No.327/2024 registered by Koratagere Police Station, Tumakuru, for the offences punishable under Sections 20(a)(b) and 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985, subject to the following conditions: 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; - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:11232 CRL.P No. 2642 of 2025 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 DN