- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:25562 CRL.P No. 9203 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF JULY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 9203 OF 2025 BETWEEN: SMT. METTUKURU SUNEETHA W/O M.V. KRISHNA REDDY AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS RESIDING AT NO.00 ANANTHASAGRAM VILLAGE NELLORE DISTRICT ANDHRA PRADESH - 524 302. …PETITIONER (BY SRI ROHITH B.J, ADV., FOR SRI VENKATESH PRASAD R, ADV.) AND: THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY JAYANAGAR POLICE STATION JAYANAGAR SUB DIVISION BENGALURU - 560 041 REP BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT BUILDING BENGALURU - 560 001. …RESPONDENT (BY SMT. RASHMI PATEL, HCGP) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 438 CR.PC (FILED U/S 482 BNSS) PRAYING TO GRANT BAIL U/S 438 OF CRPC, 1973, THAT IN THE EVENT OF ARREST OF THE PETITIONER / ACCUSED NO.9 IN CONNECTION WITH FIR BEARING CR.NO.319/2024 Digitally signed by NANDINI M S Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:25562 CRL.P No. 9203 of 2025 DATED 13.09.2024, FOR THE O/U/S 34,406,420 OF THE IPC, 1860, PENDING ON THE FILE OF IV ACMM, BENGALURU, IN CR.NO.319/2024, THE PETITIONER SHALL BE RELEASED ON BAIL. 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.9 in Crime No.319/2024 registered by Jayanagar Police Station, Bengaluru City, for the offences punishable under Sections 34, 406 and 420 of IPC, is before this Court under Section 438 of BNSS, 2023, seeking anticipatory bail. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 3. FIR in Crime No.319/2024 was registered by Jayanagar Police Station, Bengaluru City, for the aforesaid offences aginst Mayur Daffodills and others based on the first information dated 13.09.2024 received from Rajesh Kumar, who is the authorized representative of UCO Bank, Jayanagar Branch, Bengaluru. Apprehending arrest in the said case, petitioner who is arraigned as accused No.5 in the FIR had filed Crl.Misc.No.4955/2025 before the jurisdictional Sessions Court - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:25562 CRL.P No. 9203 of 2025 which was rejected on 24.06.2025. Therefore, he is before this Court. 4. A perusal of the material on record would go to show that petitioner is a widow and her husband is arraigned as accused No.2 in the FIR. In the first information, there is no allegation made against the petitioner herein and it appears that she is arraigned as an accused only for the reason that her husband late M. V. Krishna Reddy, was the Managing Partner of accused No.1 - Mayur Daffodills. The alleged offences are triable by the Court of Magistrate and the maximum punishment for the alleged offences is imprisonment for a period of seven years. Petitioner, who is a widow has no other criminal antecedents. Under the circumstances, I am of the opinion that the prayer made by the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail needs to be answered affirmatively. Accordingly, the following order:- 5. The petition is allowed. The respondent - Police or any other police in the State of Karnataka are directed to release the petitioner in the event of his arrest in Crime No.319/2024 registered by Jayanagar Police Station, Bengaluru City, for the - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:25562 CRL.P No. 9203 of 2025 offences punishable under Sections 34, 406 and 420 of IPC, subject to the following conditions: 1. The Petitioner shall appear before the Investigating Officer within 15 days from the date of receipt of the copy of this order and shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- with two sureties for the likesum to the satisfaction of the investigating officer. 2. Petitioner shall regularly appear before the Trial Court without fail unless exempted by the Trial Court for valid reasons. 3. Petitioner shall not tamper with the prosecution witnesses and he shall co-operate with the police for investigation and appear before them whenever called upon. 4. The petitioner shall not involve in similar offences in future. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE DN