- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:18533 CRL.P No. 6902 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 2ND DAY OF JUNE, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 6902 OF 2025 BETWEEN: 1. SMT. VIJAY LAKSHMI SHAMANNA W/O. INDER D/O. LATE SHAMANNA AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS, 2. SRI RAGHAV INDER S/O. INDER AGED ABOUT 23 YEARS, BOTH R/AT NO.97, CHARLES CAMBELL ROAD, COX TOWN, BENGALURU - 560 002. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI H. RAMACHANDRA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE BY KOTHANUR POLICE STATION BANGALORE CITY. 2. SRI MANJUNATH B.M., S/O. LATE MUNAIAH AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS R/AT NO.241, NEAR HANUMANTHANAGAR, BILESHIVALE, DR.SHIVARAM KARANTH NAGAR, Digitally signed by NANDINI D Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:18533 CRL.P No. 6902 of 2025 BENGALURU - 560 077. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI RANGASWAMY R., HCGP FOR R1) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 438 CR.PC (FILED U/S 482 BNNS) BY THE ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER PRAYING THAT THIS HONOURABLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO GRANT ANTICIPATORY BAIL TO THE PETITIONERS AS REQUIRED U/S 482 OF BNSS ACT, IN CR.NO.52/2025 OF KOTHNUR POLICE STATION FOR OFFENCES P/U/S 329(3), 351(2), 352 R/W 190 OF THE BNS 2023 AND FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 3(1)(r)(s) OF THE SC ST PREVENTION (ATROCITIES) ACT AND ETC,. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY ORAL ORDER Learned Counsel for the petitioners submits that inadvertently he has filed a criminal petition under Section 438 of Cr.PC and he could be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to file an appeal as provided under Section 14(A) of SC/ST POA Act, 1989. 2. The aforesaid submission is placed on record. Petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. 3. All contentions urged in this petition are kept open. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:18533 CRL.P No. 6902 of 2025 4. Registry is directed to return the certified copy of the documents to the learned counsel for the petitioners after retaining the Photostat copy of the same. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE KVR List No.: 1 Sl No.: 20