- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:30937 CRL.P No. 8637 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 23RD DAY OF JUNE, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 8637 OF 2026 BETWEEN: MR. PRANAY V, S/O VENKATARAMANA, AGED ABOUT 21 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.64, N C COLONY, P S K NAIDU ROAD, DODDIGUNTA, COXTOWN, BENGALURU - 560 005. …PETITIONER (BY SRI HARSHITH S, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA, BY RAMAMURTHY NAGAR POLICE STATION, REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT BUILDINGS, BENGALURU- 560 001. 2. SATHISH KUMAR, S/O LAKSHMAYYA, AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS, RESIDING AT SM HERITAGE APARTMENT, AKSHAYA NAGAR, RAMAMURTHY NAGAR, BENGALURU - 560 016. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI RANGASWAMY R, HCGP FOR R1) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 438 CR.PC (FILED U/S 482 BNNS) BY THE ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER PRAYING THAT THIS HONOURABLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO ENLARGE THE PETITIONER ON ANTICIPATORY BAIL IN THE EVENT OF HIS ARREST BY THE RESPONDENT POLICE FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 109(1), 352, 351(2), 190 OF THE BNS AND Digitally signed by PRAMILA G V Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:30937 CRL.P No. 8637 of 2026 U/S 3(1)(r) OF SC AND ST (POA) ACT IN CR NO.162/2026 ON THE FILE OF RAMAMURTHY NAGAR POLICE STATION PENDING BEFORE THE HONBLE COURT OF THE LXX ADDL.CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE (CCH-71) AT BENGALURU 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 Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is filed instead of filing an appeal as provided under Section 14(A)(2) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989. A memo is filed to the said effect. 2. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner may be permitted to convert this Criminal Petition into Criminal Appeal as aforesaid submission. 3. Submission of the learned counsel and memo is taken on record. 4. Petitioner is permitted to convert this Criminal Petition into Criminal Appeal. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:30937 CRL.P No. 8637 of 2026 5. For statistical purpose, this Criminal Petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE GVP List No.: 1 Sl No.: 3