- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010365542026 NC: 2026:KHC:49007 CRL.A No. 922 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 9TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G BASAVARAJA CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 922 OF 2026 (U/S 14(A) (2)) BETWEEN: 1. ARAVIND S/O SAMPANGI, AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS, R/AT. NO.1492, 4TH WARD, NEAR CHOUDESHWARI TEMPLE, DOMMASANDRA VILLAGE, AND POST, ANEKAL TALUK, BANGALORE DISTRICT-562125. 2. SURYA MANIGANDAN @ SURYA @ R X SURI, S/O MANIGANDAN, AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS, PRESENTLY R/AT 6TH CROSS, 1ST MAIN ROAD, VINAYAKA LAYOUT, NAYANDAHALLI, BANGALORE CITY. PERMANENT RESIDENT R.S.ROAD, RARIGAT, RAMPET, VELLORE, TAMIL NADU STATE. …APPELLANTS (BY SRI. UMESH P.B., ADV. FOR SRI. PRAKASHA K. V., ADV.) Digitally signed by LAKSHMINARAYAN N Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010365542026 NC: 2026:KHC:49007 CRL.A No. 922 of 2026 AND: 1. STATE BY SARJAPURA POLICE STATION, BANGALORE, REPRESENTED BY SPP, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANGALORE - 560 001. 2. MANJUNATHA S/O LATE KRISHNAPPA, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/AT MARKET STREET, DOMMASANDRA VILLAGE, SARJAPURA HOBLI, ANEKAL TALUK, BENGALURU DISTRICT-560092. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. K. NAGESHWARAPPA, HCGP. FOR R1.) THIS CRL.A. IS FILED U/S 14(A)(2) OF SC/ST (POA) ACT, 2015 PRAYING TO ENLARGE THE APPELLANTS ON BAIL IN CRIME NO.26/2025 (SPL.CC NO.331/2025) FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S 103(1), 189(2), 191(2), 191(3), 61(2)(a), 238(b), 55, 190 OF BNS AND SECTION 3(2) (Va) OF SC/ST ACT 1989, REGISTERED BY SARJAPURA POLICE BANGALORE PENDING ON THE HON'BLE COURT OF II ADDL. DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT, BENGALURU BY SET ASIDE THE ORDER IN C.MISC NO.463/2026 DATED 07.04.2026. THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010365542026 NC: 2026:KHC:49007 CRL.A No. 922 of 2026 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G BASAVARAJA ORAL JUDGMENT 1. The appellants who are accused Nos.3 and 8, have filed this appeal against the order passed by the II Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru in Crl. Misc. No.463/2026 dated 07.04.2026. 2. The brief facts leading to the present appeal are that, Sarjapura Police have submitted the charge-sheet against accused Nos.1 to 11 for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 189(2), 191(2), 191(3), 61(2)(a), 238(b), 55, 190 of BNS, 2023 and Section 3(2)(va) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 3. Appellant No.1/accused No.3 was arrested on 05.02.2025. Appellant No.2/accused No.8 was arrested on 07.02.2025. Both were produced before the Special Court and both were remanded to the judicial custody. Thereafter, the appellants have filed an application under - 4 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010365542026 NC: 2026:KHC:49007 CRL.A No. 922 of 2026 Section 483 of BNSS for grant of regular bail, same came to be rejected by the Special Court. 4. Being aggrieved by the rejection of bail, appellants have preferred this appeal. 5. Despite service of notice to respondent No.2, he remained absent and unrepresented. 6. The learned HCGP Sri K.Nageshwarappa is present. 7. Heard the arguments on both sides. 8. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants would submit that these appellants are not at all linked with the alleged incident. Only on the basis of statement of other accused, these accused are implicated in this case. The statement of alleged eye-witness recorded only on the next day of the incident. It clearly shows that the appellants are falsely implicated in this case. The identification of the appellants is not at all properly proved. That there is no particular allegation forthcoming against these appellants in the entire - 5 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010365542026 NC: 2026:KHC:49007 CRL.A No. 922 of 2026 prosecution papers. The appellants are not at all directly or indirectly in contact with the deceased. Even though the State Police has implicated these appellants to this case, there is a delay in lodging the complaint, which clearly shows that it is an after thought and by colluding with the police have registered the case against the appellants. In the entire prosecution papers, there is no single word regarding the atrocity. The police colluded with the complaint and registered the case against the appellants. The accused persons are in judicial custody for more than one and half years. Investigation is already completed. Further, he has admitted that the alleged eye-witnesses have not disclosed the name of the accused, while recording statement by the Investigating Officer. After lapse of 15 days from the date of incident, Investigating Officer has recorded the further statement of the alleged eye-witnesses and alleged eye-witnesses have identified the accused in police station, except accused No.3. Accused No.3 is not identified by the witnesses. Accused - 6 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010365542026 NC: 2026:KHC:49007 CRL.A No. 922 of 2026 No.3 is not directly involved in the commission of offence and no properties are recovered at the instance of accused No.3. That there is no criminal antecedents against accused No.3. On all these grounds sought for allowing this appeal. 9. As against this, the learned HCGP, Sri.Nageshwarappa.K, submitted that accused No.8 assaulted the deceased with a long. Accused No.8 is involved in another 3 heinous offence cases, which are shown in the charge-sheet. This Court has already rejected the bail application filed on behalf of accused No.9 and 11 in Crl.A No.1604/2025 dated 19.01.2026. CWs7, 8 and 9 are the eye-witnesses to the said incident. They have identified the accused in the police station, except accused No.3. 10. The alleged offences are heinous in nature and if the accused are released on bail there is a chance of tampering or threatening the prosecution witnesses and - 7 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010365542026 NC: 2026:KHC:49007 CRL.A No. 922 of 2026 there are also possibilities of absconding. On all these grounds sought for rejecting this bail application. 11. I have heard the arguments on both sides and perused the materials placed before this Court. 12. On the basis of the complaint filed by one Manjunath, S/o Krishnappa, Sarjapura Police have registered the case against unknown accused for the offences punishable under Section 103(1) of BNS. After investigation, the Investigating Officer submitted the charge-sheet against accused Nos.1 to 11 for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 189(2), 191(2), 191(3), 61(2)(a), 238(b), 55, 190 of BNS, 2023 and Section 3(2)(va) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. In Cl.No.17 of the charge-sheet, the Investigating Officer has stated as under: "PÀ®A 189(2), 191(2), 191(3), 61 (2)(J), 103(1), 238(©), 55 eÉÆvÉUÉ 190 ©.J£ï.J¸ï.2023 ªÀÄvÀÄÛ PÀ®A 3 PÁè¸ï (2)(va) J¸ï.¹/J¸ï.n PÁAiÉÄÝ 2014 J¸ï.¹.J¸ï.n. PÁAiÉÄÝ. 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I have perused the order passed by this Court dated 19.01.2026 in Crl. A No.1604/2025 filed by accused No.9-Praveen and accused No.11-Anand. 14. On careful examination of the entire material placed on record, at this stage it can be seen that there are three eye-witnesses i.e., CW7, CW8 and CW9 to this incident. The Investigating Officer has also recorded the further statement of these eye-witnesses. These witnesses have identified the accused in the police station. The Investigating Officer has recorded the voluntary statement of the accused and recovered the weapons used for the commission of offence. The trial Court has observed that accused No.3 is not an actual assailant to the incident. - 12 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010365542026 NC: 2026:KHC:49007 CRL.A No. 922 of 2026 However, he has facilitated the crime by providing weapons, food, information regarding usual spots of the deceased, co-ordinating with accused Nos.4 to 11 and also informed the location of the deceased at the scene of offence to the other accused. Accused No.8 is actual assailant in this case. On careful examination of the entire materials placed on record, I do not find any legal or factual error in the impugned order passed by the trial Court. Hence, I proceed to pass the following: O R D E R Appeal is dismissed. Sd/- (G BASAVARAJA) JUDGE KBM List No.: 1 Sl No.: 32