- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:21171 CRL.P No. 17240 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 17240 OF 2025 BETWEEN: VISHAL GUPTA S/O VINODKUMAR GUPTA, A/A 32 YEARS AS ON DATE, R/O NO.401, C WING, 4TH FLOOR, GOMTI HOUSING SOCIETY, AJAY NAGAR ROAD, NEAR SHIVAJI CHOWK, BHIWANDI, THANE, MAHARASHTRA, PIN - 421 308. HAVING MOB. NO.9503590035 …PETITIONER (BY SRI IYER BALAJI HARISH, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA THROUGH THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, HSR LAYOUT PS, MADIWALA SUB-DIVISION, BENGALURU CITY REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KARNAKATA, BENGALURU, KARNATAKA, PIN – 560 001. 2. BRIGHTCHAMPS TECH PRIVATE LIMITED, A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013, HAVING ADDRESS OF NO. Digitally signed by SANJEEVINI J KARISHETTY Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:21171 CRL.P No. 17240 of 2025 36/6, 1ST FLOOR, HUSTLE HUB, SOMASUNDARAPALYA MAIN ROAD, BENGALURU CITY, KARNATAKA, PIN – 560 102, REPRESENTED BY AVINASH JAISWAL, S/O BECHULAL JAISWAL DIRECTOR-FINANCE BRIGHTCHAMPS TECH PRIVATE LIMITED HAVING ITS ADDRESS AS NO. 36/6, 1ST FLOOR, HUSTLE HUB, SOMA SUNDARAPALYA MAIN ROAD, BENGALURU CITY, KARNATAKA, PIN – 560 102 HAVING e-mail id: avinash.j@brightchamps.com. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI B.N.JAGADEESHA, ADDL.SPP FOR R-1; R-2 SERVED AND UNREPRESENTED) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 438 CR.P.C (U/S 482 BNSS) PRAYING TO a) GRANT ANTICIPATORY BAIL TO THE PETITIONER IN THE EVENT OF HIS ARREST IN CR.NO.314/2025 DATED 20.08.2025 REGISTERED BY HSR LAYOUT P.S., MADIVALA SUB-DIVISION, BENGALURU CITY, REGISTERED FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 3(5), 318(4), 61(2), 336(3), 319(2) OF BNSS, 2023 WHICH IS PENDING BEFORE THE XXXIX ACJM COURT, NRUPATUNGA ROAD, BENGALURU CITY; AND b) PENDING DISPOSAL OF THE PETITION, GRANT INTERIM PROTECTION BY DIRECTING THAT NO COERCIVE STEPS, INCLUDING ARREST, SHALL BE TAKEN AGAINST THE PETITIONER SUBJECT TO HIS CO-OPERATION WITH THE INVESTIGATION. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:21171 CRL.P No. 17240 of 2025 THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER Petitioner is before this Court seeking anticipatory bail in respect of Crime No.314 of 2025 registered by the HSR Layout police station for offences punishable under Sections 3(5), 318(4), 61(2), 336(3), 319(2) of the BNS, for it having been turned down by the concerned Court in terms of its order dated 08-12-2025. 2. Heard Sri Iyer Balaji Harish, learned counsel appearing for petitioner and Sri B N Jagadeesha, learned Additional State Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1. 3. The fulcrum of the allegation is that the complaint comes to be registered on 20.08.2025, owing to the certain allegation that the petitioner along with others created documents showing that they have made financial transactions and on that basis claimed bonus amount from the 2nd - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:21171 CRL.P No. 17240 of 2025 respondent Company illegally, amounting to ₹ 6,50,55,810/-. On registration of the crime, it transpires that the petitioner files an application seeking anticipatory bail which comes to be turned down on the score that the petitioner has played fraud with the Company and therefore there is no warrant for grant of anticipatory bail at this juncture. 4. Finding all the offences being the ones punishable with imprisonment of 7 years or less, there is no warrant for not considering the case of the petitioner for grant anticipatory bail. In that light the petition deserves to succeed for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner by imposing certain conditions. 5. For the aforesaid reasons, the following: ORDER This Criminal Petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail in the event of his arrest in Crime No.314 of 2025 of HSR Layout Police Station, pending on the file of XXXIX Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Bengaluru, subject to the following conditions: - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:21171 CRL.P No. 17240 of 2025 i) The petitioner shall surrender himself before the Investigating Officer and shall execute personal bond for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) with two solvent sureties for the like-sum to the satisfaction of the concerned Investigating Officer; ii) The petitioner shall not indulge in hampering the investigation and tampering the prosecution witnesses; iii) The petitioner shall co-operate with the Investigating Officer to complete the investigation, and he shall appear before the Investigating Officer as and when called for; iv) The petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of the Court without prior permission of the Investigating Officer, till the charge sheet is filed or for a period of three months whichever is earlier; & v) The petitioner shall appear before the jurisdictional police once in 15 days and mark his presence. vi) In the event of violation of any of the above terms, the above bail shall stand automatically cancelled. vii) The observations made above are only for the purpose of consideration of the application for anticipatory bail and the - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:21171 CRL.P No. 17240 of 2025 same shall not in any manner influence the trial. The trial Court shall consider the case on its merits and without being influenced by this order. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE BKP List No.: 2 Sl No.: 9