- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:27842 CRL.P No. 7685 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF JUNE, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 7685 OF 2026 (438(Cr.PC) / 482(BNSS)) BETWEEN: SRI. NAGESH S/O LATE SRI. MAHADEVAIAH, AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, R/A KELLAMBALLI VILLAGE CHAMARAJANAGARA TALUK, CHAMARAJANAGARA, KARNATAKA. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. NANJUNDASWAMY M., ADVOCATE) AND: STATE OF KARNATAKA BY CHAMARAJANAGAR DCRE (DIRECTORATE OF CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT) POLICE STATION, REP. BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU -560001. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI.VINAY MAHADEVAIAH., HCGP) Digitally signed by DHARMALINGAM Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:27842 CRL.P No. 7685 of 2026 THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S.438 (FILED U/S.482 BNSS) CR.P.C PRAYING TO ENLARGE THE PETITIONER ON ANTICIPATORY BAIL IN THE EVENT OF THE PETITIONER BEING ARRESTED BY THE FIRST RESPONDENT-DCRE CHAMARAJANAGARA POLICE IN CRIME NO.4/2026 FOR THE OFFENCE P/US/ 3(1)(s),3(2)(va) OF SC/ST (POA) ACT 2015, U/S.85, 115(1), 118(1), 351(1), 109(1), 49, 82, 3(5) OF BNS 2023 CONDITIONALLY BY PRINCIPAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, CHAMARANAGAR BY ALLOWING THE ABOVE PETITION AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY ORAL ORDER Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that inadvertently, he has filed this Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail, instead of filing a Criminal Appeal as provided under Section 14A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. He submits that the petitioner may be permitted to convert this Criminal Petition into a Criminal Appeal as aforesaid. 2. Submission is placed on record. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:27842 CRL.P No. 7685 of 2026 3. The petitioner is permitted to convert this Criminal Petition into a Criminal Appeal as prayed for. 4. For statistical purpose, this Criminal Petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE DL List No.: 1 Sl No.: 29