- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31110 CRL.P No. 1566 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. 1566 OF 2026 BETWEEN: CYRIL MATHEW K A @ ACHAY @ RANE S/O K.A.MATHEW, AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS, R/ AT KUTTUTHAMAN, KUJIL HOUSE, KATTACHEERA POST, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. KERALA STATE - 690 503. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. D.G. SREENIVASA KUMAR, ADVOCATE) AND: STATE OF KARNTAKA BY BANASHANKARI POLICE STATION BENGALURU - 560 050. REP. BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA BENGALURU - 560 001. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. RANGASWAMY R., HCGP) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 439 CR.P.C. (FILED U/S 483 BNSS) BY THE ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER PRAYING THAT THIS HONOURABLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO RELEASE THE PETITIONER ON BAIL IN CR.NO.05/2012 (S.C.NO.803/2025) RESPONDENT BANASHANKARI POLICE STATION FOR ALLEGED OFFENCES P/U/S 395 OF IPC, PENDING Digitally signed by SHARADAVANI B Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31110 CRL.P No. 1566 of 2026 ON THE FILE OF THE HONBLE LVI ADDL. CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY ORAL ORDER Accused No.3 is before this Court under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarak Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, 'BNSS') seeking regular bail in S.C.No.803/2025 pending on the file of LVI Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru (CCH- 57), arising out of Crime No.5/2012 registered by Banashankari Police Station, Bengaluru, for the offence punishable under Section 395 of IPC. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that on the merits of the case, the petitioner was earlier granted bail in the crime stage. Subsequently, the petitioner did not appear before the Court on regular dates of hearing, and therefore his presence was thereafter secured, and he is now facing trial in S.C.No.803/2025. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:31110 CRL.P No. 1566 of 2026 3. Learned HCGP brings to the notice of this Court that the petitioner is a person with criminal antecedents and none of the accused have been cooperating before the Trial Court and the case is pending for the last 14 years. 4. At this stage learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petition may be dismissed as not pressed with liberty to the petitioner to renew his bail application before the Session's Court after examination of C.W.1 is completed. 5. Submission is placed on record. 6. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed as not pressed with liberty as prayer for. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE HDK List No.: 1 Sl No.: 42