- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010488012026 NC: 2026:KHC:44166 CRL.P No. 10613 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 10613 OF 2026 BETWEEN: SHAMSHUDDIN @ SHAMSHU S/O NOOR AHMED AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS OCC: COOLIE WORK R/O SAVANURU, HAVERI DISTRICT 581 118 (PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.3 IS IN JUDICIAL CUSTODY) …PETITIONER (BY SRI P.B. UMESH, ADV., FOR SRI RAVINDRA B. DESHPANDE, ADV.) AND: STATE OF KARNATAKA BY DAVANAGERE EXTENSION POLICE STATION, DAVANAGERE CITY SUB-DIVISION, DAVANAGERE -577 002 (REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT BUILDINGS BENGALURU - 560 001) …RESPONDENT (BY SRI VINAY MAHADEVAIAH, HCGP) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 439 CR.PC (FILED U/S 483 BNNS) PRAYING TO ENLARGE THE PETITIONER ON BAIL IN CRIME NO.82/2026 OF DAVANAGERE EXTENTION POLICE STATION, DAVANAGERE (REGISTERED FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S 20(b)(ii)(B) OF NDPS ACT 1985, NOW PENDING ON THE FILE OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS COURT, DAVANAGERE) PENDING THE TRAIL. 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: KAHC010488012026 NC: 2026:KHC:44166 CRL.P No. 10613 of 2026 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY ORAL ORDER 1. Accused No.3 in Crime No.82/2026 registered by Davanagere Extension Police Station, Davanagere, for the offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(B) of the NDPS Act, 1985, 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.82/2026 was registered by Davanagere Extension Police Station, Davanagere, for the aforesaid offences against Thoufic alias Thoufi and two others based on the first information dated 24.04.2026 received from Yuvaraj Kambali, PSI attached to Davanagere Extension Police Station, Davanagere. In the said case, petitioner was arrested on 06.06.2026 and remanded to judicial custody. His bail application filed before the jurisdictional Sessions Court in Crime No.82/2026 was rejected on 23.06.2026. Therefore, he is before this Court. - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010488012026 NC: 2026:KHC:44166 CRL.P No. 10613 of 2026 4. Perusal of the material on record would go to show that contraband article allegedly ganja totally weighing 1 kg 383 grams seized is from the possession of the accused Nos.1 and 2 named in the FIR. Accused Nos.1 and 2 have been granted regular bail by this Court in Crl.P.No.7489/2026 C/w Crl.P.No.7239/2026 disposed off on 08.07.2026. Insofar as petitioner is concerned, based on the confession statement of accused Nos.1 and 2 that petitioner had supplied the aforesaid contraband article allegedly ganja, he has been arraigned as an accused in the present case. Undisputedly, there is no seizure of any contraband article from the possession of the petitioner in the present case. Under the circumstances, the following order:- 5. The petition is allowed. The petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in Crime No.82/2026 registered by Davanagere Extension Police Station, Davanagere, for the offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(B) of the NDPS Act, 1985, subject to the following conditions: a) Petitioner shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- with two sureties for the - 4 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010488012026 NC: 2026:KHC:44166 CRL.P No. 10613 of 2026 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 the said Court until the case registered against him is disposed off. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE DN List No.: 1 Sl No.: 76