- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:22033 CRL.P No. 4724 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF APRIL, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 4724 OF 2026 BETWEEN: 1. SRI. ROHITH KUMAR V, S/O VENKATA SWAMY, AGE ABOUT 36 YEARS, R/AT NO 72, 2ND CROSS, INFRONT OF PETROL BUNK, GOUTHAM NAGAR, SULIKUNTE COLONY, SULIKUNTE, BANGALORE- 562 125. 2. SRI. PUNEETH S.V. S/O VENKATA SWAMY S. M AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS, R/AT SULIKUNTE VILLAGE, DOMMASANDRA, BANGALORE- 562 125. 3. SRI. SHIVA KUMAR N, S/O NARAYANAPPA, AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS, R/AT NO 2801, SULIKUNTE COLONY, DOMMASANDRA, BANGALORE- 562 125. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. DALWAI VENKATESH, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY VARTHUR POLICE STATION REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANGALORE- 560 001. 2. SMT, YELLAMMA, W/O SRINIVAS S V, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, Digitally signed by SANJEEVINI J KARISHETTY Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:22033 CRL.P No. 4724 of 2026 OCC: DON'T KNOW ADD: NO.58, SULIKUNTE VILLAGE, DOMMASANDRA POST, VARTHUR HOBLI, BANGALORE EAST- 562 125. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.B N JAGADEESHA., ADDL. SPP FOR R1; SRI.C H JADHAV., LEARNED SENIOR COUNSELFOR SRI.CHETAN JADHAV.,ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRL.P FILED UNDER SECTION 528 OF BNSS, 2023 PRAYING TO QUASH FIR IN CRIME NO.92/2026 REGISTERED BY THE VARTHUR POLICE STATION PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE LEARNED ADDL CJM BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S ARMS ACT 1959 R/W SEC.25(1)(D) AND U/S.351(3) R/W SEC.3(5),78 OF BNS 2023 THE CERTIFIED COPY OF THE FIR IS PRODUCED AT DOCUMENTS NO.1. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioner is before this Court calling in question registration of a crime in Crime No.92/2026, pending before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru Rural District, for offences punishable under Sections 25(1)(d) of the Indian Arms Act, 1959 and Sections 351(3) r/w. 3(5), 78 of BNS, 2023. 2. Heard Sri Dalwai Venkatesh, learned counsel for petitioners, Sri B.N.Jagadeesha, learned Additional State Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1 and Sri C.H.Jadhav, learned - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:22033 CRL.P No. 4724 of 2026 senior counsel for Sri Chetan Jadhav, learned counsel for respondent No.2. 3. Facts in brief, germane, are as follows: The petitioners are accused Nos.1 to 3. A crime in Crime No.142 of 2025 comes to be registered on 07.04.2025 and the husband of the complainant is one of the accused in the said crime. In the crime, a statement under Section 183 of the BNSS, which was Section 164 of the Cr.P.C., the earlier regime, is rendered by the husband of the complainant. The petitioners were enlarged on bail in the said crime. After getting enlarged on bail, a new crime has sprung - the impugned crime, on the score that the petitioners are threatening the complainant and her husband on the score that the husband of the complainant had rendered the statement under Section 183 of the BNSS against the petitioners in Crime No.142/2025. This becomes the fulcrum of the subject crime in Crime No.92/2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that all this is done deliberately playing a victim card when all of them are to be accused. In that light, he would submit that the investigation must not be permitted to be continued in the - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:22033 CRL.P No. 4724 of 2026 impugned crime as it would eventually result in application of cancellation of bail. He would seek obliteration of the crime. 5. Per contra, Sri C.H.Jadhav, learned Senior Counsel appearing for respondent No.2 - complainant and learned Additional State Public Prosecutor in unison would submit that the threatening of the witness is violation of the bail conditions. The petitioners have in fact threatened the husband of the complainant on the score that the husband of the complainant had rendered the statement under Section 183 of the BNSS in Crime No.142/2025, which is registered for offence punishable under Section 103 of the BNS - Section 302 of the IPC, the earlier regime for ‘murder’. 6. In the light of the submissions and contra submissions, the complaint is necessary to be noticed. The complaint reads as follows: ”ರವೆ ಾನ  ೕ ಇ£Àì÷àಕ ವತೂ ೕ ಾೆ ವತೂ ೆಂಗಳರು ಪ ವ !ಾಲೂಕು ೆಂಗಳರು - 560 087. ಇವಂದ ಯಲ%ಮ' (ೋಂ )*ೕ+,ಾ SV ನಂಬ 58 .ೋ ಕುಂ/ೆ ಾ*ಮ - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:22033 CRL.P No. 4724 of 2026 0ೊªÀÄìAzÀæ ಅಂ2ೆ ವತು 3ೋಬ4 ೆಂಗಳರು ಪ ವ !ಾಲೂಕು ೆಂಗಳರು - 562 125 Ph. 96 77 6428 39 5ಷಯ;- ನನೆ ನನ7 ಗಂಡ 3ಾಗೂ ನನ7 ಮಕ94ೆ :ಾ*ಣ<ದ(ೆ 3ಾ=ರುವ ಮತು> ನಮ'ನು7 (ೊ?ೆ ಾಡುವ ಉ0ೆAೕಶCಂದ ಮಚುE ಮತು> ಇತರ ಆಯುಧಗಳನು7 !ೋH ನಮ'ನು7 Iಂಾ ಸುK>ರುವ ಕುತು ದೂರು ಾನLೇ, ಈ ಮೂಲಕ ತಮೆ K4ಯಪNಸುವO0ೇPೆಂದLೆ CPಾಂಕ 17/9/2024 ರಂದು LಾK* Lೇವ @ ಅ Qಾ LೋIR ಕುಾ ಮತು> ಆತನ ಸಹಚರರು ನನ7 ಗಂಡ )*ೕ+,ಾ ಅವರನು7 ಅಪLಾಧ C¥ÀºÀgÀt ಾN .ಾ T ಪ*ಕರಣದ Lಾfೆಂದು LೇವಂR ಎಂಬ 50ಾVಯನು7 ಕLೆH, ನನ7 ಗಂಡನ ಕಣು'ಂ0ೆWೕ (ೊ?ೆ ಾNರು!ಾ>Lೆ, ಈ ಪ*ಕರಣದ ಕುತು ನನ7 ಗಂಡ )*ೕ+,ಾ ಅವರು 3ೊಸೂರು PಾQಾಲಯದ % 183 BNSS (164 CRPC) ಅNಯ % 3ೇ4(ೆ +ೕNರು!ಾ>Lೆ ಮತು> ಸYಾಪOರ  ೕ ಾೆಯ % ಅಪಹರಣ ಪ*ಕರಣ 0ಾಖ?ೆ ಾNರು!ಾ>Lೆ. 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In the light of the complaint detailed in narration, this Court would not extend its protective hands to the petitioners particularly, for the offence that the petitioners after coming out on bail, threatened the witness i.e., the husband of the complainant. 8. Leaving open the remedy to the petitioners to approach this Court in the event, charge sheet is filed against them, the petition stands disposed. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE NVJ List No.: 2 Sl No.: 36