- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:22198 CRL.P No. 8581 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 25TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 8581 OF 2025 BETWEEN: SRI. BAGVANTHA RAY BASAVANTHA RAY BIRADAR S/O LATE BASAVANTHA RAY BIRADHARA, AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, R/O MANNAPURA VILLAGE, SINDAGI TALUK, VIJAYAPURA DISTRICT-586 101. PRESENTLY WORKING AT CPC 823, AT AMRUTHRU POLICE AND R/AT AMRUTHRU POLICE QUARTERS, AMRUTHRU, KUNIGAL TALUK TUMAKURU 572 130. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. DAYANAND HIREMATH, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY AMRUTHUR POLICE STATION, REPRESENTED BY THE SPP, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANGALORE-560 001. 2. KUM. SHASHIKALA, D/O YAMANAPPA WOMEN POLICE CONSTABLE, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.30 ANNORA GOWARAMMA, CAMP, Digitally signed by CHAITHRA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:22198 CRL.P No. 8581 of 2025 GANGAVATHI KOPPALA DISTRICT, PRESENTLY RESIDING AT AMRUTHRU POLICE QUARTERS, KUNIGAL, TUMAKURU-572 130. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. RASHMI PATEL, HCGP) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 438 OF CR.PC (FILED U/S 482 BNNS) PRAYING TO GRANT BAIL TO THE PETITIONER IN CR.NO.81/2025, REGISTERED BY THE AMRUTHUR POLICE STATION, KUNIGAL TALUK, TUMAKURU DISTRICT, PENDING BEFORE THE HON'BLE III ADDL.DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE AT TUMAKURU, FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 318(2), 352, 115(2), 54, 74 R/W SECTION 3(5) OF BNSS 2023 AND SECTIONS 3(1) (r) (s), 3(1)(w) (i) AND 3(2) (va) OF THE SC/ST (PREVENTION OF ATROCITIES ACT 1989, IMPOSING ANY CONDITION/S AS THE HO'NBLE COURT DEEMS FIT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ABOVE CASE. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:22198 CRL.P No. 8581 of 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that inadvertently this criminal petition has been filed instead of filing an appeal as provided under Section 14(A) of the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (for short 'SC/ST (POA) Act'). He submits that the petition may be dismissed as not pressed with liberty to the petitioner to avail the alternative remedy of appeal under Section 14(A) of SC/ST (POA) Act. 2. The said submission is placed on record. Petition is dismissed as not pressed with liberty as prayed for. 3. Registry is directed to return the certified copy of the documents to the learned counsel for the petitioner after retaining the Photostat copy of the same. SD/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE CR /List No.: 1 Sl No.: 6