- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010468842026 NC: 2026:KHC:43308 CRL.P No. 10095 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 13TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 10095 OF 2026 BETWEEN: SHIVAKUMAR S/O MARIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS R/AT 337, J.P.N COLONY YELAHANKA OLD TOWN BANGALORE NORTH BANGALORE - 560 064 (ADDRESS AS PER AADHAR CARD) …PETITIONER (BY SRI RAJATH, ADV.) AND: STATE OF KARNATAKA BY THE POLICE OF YELAHANKA NEW TOWN P.S, REP BY THE OFFICE OF THE STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BENGALURU - 01. …RESPONDENT (BY SMT. RASHMI JADHAV, ADDL. SPP) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 439 CR.PC (FILED U/S 483 BNSS) PRAYING TO PASS AN ORDER ENLARGING THE PETITIONER ON BAIL WHO HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED AS AN ACCUSED IN FIR DATED 25.05.2026 REGISTERED IN CR.NO.224/2026 BY THE RESPONDENT NO.1 POLICE FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S 64(2)(m),351(2) OF BNS PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE LD.7TH ADDL.C.M.M COURT NRUPATHUNGA ROAD, BENGALURU CITY. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: Digitally signed by NANDINI M S Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010468842026 NC: 2026:KHC:43308 CRL.P No. 10095 of 2026 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY ORAL ORDER 1. Accused in Crime No.224/2026 registered by Yelahanka New Town Police Station, Bengaluru City, for the offences punishable under Sections 351(2), 64(2)(m) of BNS, 2023, is before this Court in this petition filed under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023, seeking regular bail. 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the parties. 3. FIR in Crime No.224/2026 was registered by Yelahanka New Town Police Station, Bengaluru City, for the aforesaid offences against the petitioner based on the typed first information dated 25.05.2026 submitted by the victim girl. During the course of investigation, petitioner was arrested on 25.05.2026 and remanded to judicial custody. His bail application filed before the jurisdictional Sessions Court in Crl. Misc. No.5184/2026 was rejected on 20.06.2026.. Therefore, petitioner is before this Court. 4. The material on record would go to show that petitioner and victim girl are major and petitioner was acquainted to the - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010468842026 NC: 2026:KHC:43308 CRL.P No. 10095 of 2026 victim girl, and subsequently, they started loving each other. The allegation against the petitioner is that he had promised to marry the victim girl and had sexual intercourse with her multiple times in her house and as a result she had conceived. After the victim girl was medically examined and informed by the doctor that she was pregnant, she had approached the police on 25.05.2026 and registered FIR in the present case. 5. Petitioner, who is arrested in the present case on 25.05.2026, has no other criminal antecedents. Major portion of the investigation is already completed. The statement of the victim girl under Section 183 of BNSS, 2023, has been recorded in the present case on 17.06.2026 by the jurisdictional Magistrate. The allegations now found in the said statement differ from the typed first information which was submitted by the victim girl before the police on 25.05.2026, wherein she has stated that she and the petitioner were in love and subsequently they had sexual intercourse in her house. 6. Considering the aforesaid aspects of the matter, I am of the opinion that petitioner's prayer for grant of regular bail is - 4 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010468842026 NC: 2026:KHC:43308 CRL.P No. 10095 of 2026 required to be answered affirmatively. Accordingly, the following order: 7. The petition is allowed. The petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in Crime No.224/2026 registered by Yelahanka New Town Police Station, Bengaluru City, for the offences punishable under Sections 351(2), 64(2)(m) of BNS, 2023, subject to the following conditions: a) Petitioner shall execute personal bond for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- with two sureties for the likesum, to the satisfaction of the jurisdictional Court; b) The petitioner shall appear regularly on all the dates of hearing before the Trial Court unless the Trial Court exempts his appearance for valid reasons; c) The petitioner shall not directly or indirectly threaten or tamper with the prosecution witnesses; d) The petitioner shall not involve in similar offences in future; e) The petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of the Trial Court without permission of - 5 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010468842026 NC: 2026:KHC:43308 CRL.P No. 10095 of 2026 the said Court until the case registered against him is disposed off. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE KK