- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:23705 CRL.P No. 7895 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 2ND DAY OF JULY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 7895 OF 2025 BETWEEN: NADEEM SHARIFF @ TABLET S/O LATE FAYAZ SHARIFF AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS R/AT NO.46, DARGHA COMPOUND H.K.P ROAD, SHIVAJINAGAR BANGALORE-560 051 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. FAZIL AHMED, ADVOCATE) AND: STATE BY COMMERCIAL STREET POLICE STATION BENGALURU REPRESENTED BY THE STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT BUILDINGS BENGALURU-560 001 …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. RANGASWAMY R, HCGP) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S.439 OF (FILED U/S.483 BNSS) CR.P.C PRAYING TO ENLARGE THE PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.1 ON BAIL IN S.C.NO.1489/2021 (CRIME NO.118/2021) FOR OFFENCE P/US/ 397 OF IPC OF COMMERCIAL STREET POLICE Digitally signed by NANDINI M S Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:23705 CRL.P No. 7895 of 2025 STATION PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE HON'BLE XXVIII ADDL. CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS COURT AT MAYO HALL, BENGALURU (CCH-29). 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 SC No.1489/2021 pending before the Court of XXVIII Addl. City Civil and Sessions Court, Mayo Hall, Bengaluru, arising out of Crime No.118/2021 registered by Commercial Street Police Station, Bengaluru, for the offence punishable under Section 397 of IPC, is before this Court under Section 439 of Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 3. FIR in Crime No.118/2021 was registered by Commercial Street Police Station, Bengaluru, initially for the offence punishable under Section 394 of IPC against unknown three persons. During the course of investigation, petitioner herein was arrested on 11.08.2021 and after completing investigation, charge sheet has been filed against accused persons and the - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:23705 CRL.P No. 7895 of 2025 case is committed to the jurisdictional Sessions Court and is now pending in SC No.1489/2021. Bail application filed by the petitioner before the Trial Court in SC No.1489/2021 was rejected on 11.03.2024. Therefore, he is before this Court. 4. The material on record would go to show that petitioner is a person with criminal antecedents. Learned HCGP has produced a list of criminal cases registered against the petitioner and perusal of the same would go to show that as against petitioner, 24 criminal cases have been registered in various Police Stations in Bengaluru almost for similar offences. Insofar as present case is concerned, it is brought to the notice of this Court by learned HCGP that prosecution has already closed its side of evidence and the case is now at the stage of recording the statement of accused under Section 313 of Cr.P.C. Learned counsel for the petitioner has failed to produce any material to show that in other criminal cases which are registered against him, he has been enlarged on bail. Considering the aforesaid aspects of the matter, more so the criminal antecedents of the petitioner, since the case before the Trial Court is at the fag end of the trial, it is not a fit case to - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:23705 CRL.P No. 7895 of 2025 enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE DN List No.: 1 Sl No.: 59