- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36256 CRL.P No. 10468 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 10468 OF 2025 BETWEEN: SRI BHARATH, S/O SRI PRAKASH CHAND, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, R/AT FLAT NO. 007 1ST FLOOR, ANUGRAHA PARADISE APARTMENT, KARIYANPALAYA, BANGALORE 560 084. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. PATTABI RAMAN .C., ADVOCATE) AND: STATE OF KARNATAKA REP BY ASHOK NAGARA POLICE STATION BANGALORE-560 025, REP. BY SPP, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANGALORE-01. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. R. RANGASWAMY., HCGP) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 438 CR.PC (FILED U/S 482 BNSS) PRAYING TO ENLARGE HIM ON BAIL IN CR.NO.373/2024 PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE LEARNED 29TH ADDL. CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE AT MAYOHALL, BENGALURU FOR THE OFFENCE PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 420 OF IPC BY ALLOWING THIS PETITION FILED BY THE PETITIONER UNDER SECTION 482 OF THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023, AS PRAYED. Digitally signed by LAKSHMI T Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36256 CRL.P No. 10468 of 2025 THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ ORAL ORDER Heard and perused the material on record. 2. On the basis of a complaint lodged by one Mohammed Ameen son of Mahammed Ashraff, Ashoknagar Police, Bengaluru City have registered a case in their station Crime No.373/2024, against accused Nos.1 to 7 and one World White Resort Company, arraigned as accused No.8, for the offence punishable under Section 420 of IPC. Petitioner is arraigned as accused No.3 in the FIR. 3. It is alleged that one Naveen Althaff introduced Shivamurthy (accused No.2) to the complainant, who induced the complainant to purchase a land originally belonging to one Dallappa, stating that one Kamalesh Jain (accused No.1) has entered into a sale agreement to purchase the said land for a sum of Rupees 13.00 crores - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36256 CRL.P No. 10468 of 2025 and if he purchase the said land and sell it to World White Resort Company, then he would get double the profit. He has stated that a sum of Rs.1,46,16,500/- was given to Shivamurhty in instalments, inturn the said amount was given to Kamalesh Jain. Thereafter, complainant transferred a sum of Rs.3.50 Crores to the said kamalesh Jain. It is alleged, all the accused have cheated the complainant without registering the land and also not returning the amount. 4. There are no specific allegations in the complaint that this petitioner, arraigned as accused No.3, has received any money from the complainant. It is alleged that the amount given to Shivamurthy i.e., accused No.2 was later given to accused No.1 and thereafter, the complainant got acquainted with the said accused and transferred about Rs.3.50 Crores to him, in instalments. 5. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that accused No.1 was arrested and he has been enlarged on - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36256 CRL.P No. 10468 of 2025 bail. Accused Nos.2 and 7 are granted bail by this Court in Crl.P.No.10515/2025 and Crl.P.No.11614/2025. 6. Petitioner has undertaken to cooperate with the investigation of the case. He has no criminal antecedents. He is said to be a permanent resident of the address given in the cause title. The relief sought in the petition can be granted by imposing conditions. Accordingly the following:- ORDER i) Petition is allowed. ii) Petitioner/accused Nos.3 in Crime No.373/2024 registered by Ashoknagar Police Station, shall be released in the event of his arrest, subject to following conditions: a) He shall appear before the Investigating Officer within one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) with two sureties for the likesum. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36256 CRL.P No. 10468 of 2025 b) He shall furnish proof of his residential address/contact number and shall inform the I.O. in case of change in the address/contact number. c) He shall co-operate with the investigation of the case. d) He shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence/witnesses either directly or indirectly. e) He shall be regular in attending the Court proceedings. Sd/- (MOHAMMAD NAWAZ) JUDGE LDC List No.: 1 Sl No.: 20