- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10775 CRL.P No. 3432 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 20TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3432 OF 2025 (482(Cr.PC) 528(BNSS)) BETWEEN: 1. SRI. CHANDRASHEKAR G S/O LATE B GOPALAIAH AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS R/AT NO.560, GULPET KOLAR 563101. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. NANJUNDA GOWDA M R.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY CHINTAMANI RURAL POLICE CHIKKABALLAPUR REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR BENGALURU 560 001 Digitally signed by SANJEEVINI J KARISHETTY Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10775 CRL.P No. 3432 of 2025 2. SRI T S PRATHAP KUMAR S/O T V SRINIVASAREDDY AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS R/AT TALAGAVARA VILLAGE CHINTAMANI TALUK CHIKKABALLAPUR 563 125 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. VINAY MAHADEVAIAH, HCGP FOR R1; SRI SRINIVASA GOWDA, ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNSS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR AGAINST THE PETITIONER IN CRIME NO.233/2024 OF CHINTAMANI RURAL POLICE NOW WHICH IS PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE ADDL. CIVIL JUDGE (JR.DN.) AND JMFC. COURT, CHINTAMANI, CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 406, 409, 419, 420, 465, 468, 471 R/W 34 IPC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10775 CRL.P No. 3432 of 2025 ORAL ORDER The petitioner is the accused. The allegations are the one for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 409, 419, 465, 468, 471 and 420 of IPC. 2. Heard the learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned counsel representing respondent No.2 and learned HCGP for respondent No.1. 3. The learned Counsel has taken this Court through the documents appended to the petition and seeks to submit that all these issues overall again repeated, despite the Lokayuktha finding that there was no misappropriation in the cases at hand. Based on the said statement, an interim order so granted reads as follows: "Learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the allegation is that in the name of fictitious farmers, the petitioner has defrauded the Bank and the Government. He further submitted that in the annual debt Reports for the period 2016-2021, there is no allegation against the petitioner for having defrauded the Bank or the Government. Learned HCGP accepts notice for respondent No.1. Issue emergent notice to respondent No.2. Issue interim order as prayed for in so far as it relates to petitioner No.1 is concerned till the next date of hearing." - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10775 CRL.P No. 3432 of 2025 4. After hearing the learned counsel appearing for the parties, this Court is of the opinion that, the matter would require investigation in lis. Therefore, the investigation shall continue. 5. The petitioner shall co-operate with the investigation and in the garb of investigation, the petitioner shall not be harassed. After the post investigation, the State shall file its final report before the concerned Court. 6. In the event, the final report goes against the petitioner, it is open for the petitioner to knock at the doors of this Court. That liberty stands reserved. 7. The learned counsel submits, since an interim order as aforequoted was granted, the Court answering the application on anticipatory bail, rejected the bail application that the interim order was granted by this Court. Now the investigation is directed to be continued, the application so filed that would have spent itself. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10775 CRL.P No. 3432 of 2025 8. The petitioner is at liberty to file separate application seeking bail to anticipatory bail before the concerned Court and the concerned Court shall answer the same without broking any further delay. 9. The petitioner shall file necessary application seeking anticipatory bail before the concerned Court and the concerned Court shall answer the same all within three weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of this order. 10. In the event three weeks would pass by on the default of the petitioner, the interim order directing not to take any coercive steps against the petitioner would automatically get vanished. 11. The learned counsel for the petitioner is at liberty to approach this Court in the event, the final report would go against him. 12. The protective order for a period of three weeks is granted only in breach of the interim order subsisting in the case at hand. - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10775 CRL.P No. 3432 of 2025 13. It shall not be construed that the concerned Court is obliged to grant anticipatory bail. It shall consider the application seeking anticipatory bail on its own merit. With the aforesaid observations, the petition stands disposed. SD/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE PKN List No.: 1 Sl No.: 53