- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:650 CRL.P No. 14945 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 7TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVASHANKAR AMARANNAVAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 14945 OF 2025 (439(Cr.PC) / 483(BNSS)) BETWEEN: 1. NIRANJAN B R S/O B S RAJASHEKHARAIAH, AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, R/AT NO.34, RUDRA NILAYA, GRUHALAKSHMI COLONY 1ST STAGE, BASAVESHVARANAGAR, BENGALURU 560079. …PETITIONER (BY Smt.N PADMAVATHI.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY SUBRAHMANYANAGARA POLICE STATION, REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU 560001. …RESPONDENT (BY Smt.WAHEEDA M M, HCGP) Digitally signed by LAKSHMINARAYANA MURTHY RAJASHRI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:650 CRL.P No. 14945 of 2025 THIS CRL.P IS FILED UNDER SECTION 439 CR.PC (FILED U/S 483 BNSS) PRAYING TO ENLARGE THE PETITIONER ON BAIL IN THE ABOVE CASE IN CR.NO.112/2025 BY THE SUBRAMANYANAGAR P.S. FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 75, 78, 64, 351(2) READ WITH SECTION 3(5) OF BNS 2023 AND SECTION 66(E) OF THE I.T ACT 2000 PENDING ON THE FILE OF LEARNED XXXII ADDITIONAL CHIEF METROPOLITAN MAGISTRATE BENGALURU. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVASHANKAR AMARANNAVAR ORAL ORDER The petition is filed by accused No.1 under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 praying to grant bail in Crime No.112/2025 of Subrahmanya Nagar, Police Station registered for the offences punishable under Sections 75, 78, 64, 351(2) read with Section 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 66E of Information Technology Act, 2000. 2. Heard the learned counsel for petitioner and the learned High Court Government Pleader for respondent/State. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:650 CRL.P No. 14945 of 2025 3. The learned counsel for petitioner would contend that, the victim girl is aged 22 years, and she had affair with the petitioner. The petitioner demanded the victim girl to marry her, and she refused, and filed a false complaint against the petitioner. The victim girl herself has booked a room in a hotel, and given her identity proof, and the same can be seen in the statement of receptionist of the Grand Coral Deluxe Rooms hotel. The alleged sexual intercourse between the petitioner and the victim girl is consensual. Whether the petitioner has committed the offences alleged is a matter of trial. As the charge sheet is filed, the petitioner is not required for further custodial interrogation. With this, she prays to allow the petition. 4. Per contra, the learned High Court Government Pleader would submit that, the charge sheet material shows a prima facie case against the petitioner for the offences alleged against him. The petitioner has used the victim girl, and taken her to different hotels, and committed sexual intercourse on her. The statement of the - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:650 CRL.P No. 14945 of 2025 victim girl has been recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS, wherein she has stated the acts of this petitioner. With this, she prayed to reject the petition. 5. Having heard the learned counsels, the Court has perused the charge sheet and other materials placed on the Court. 6. As per the charge sheet, the case of prosecution is that, the petitioner/accused No.1 came in contact with CW1 through Instagram and was following her. The victim girl even though stated that she is not interested in him, he fixed a GPS to her scooter, and subsequently he had forcible sexual intercourse on CW1 in a hotel, and recorded the said act in mobile. The victim girl is aged 22 years, and she is aware of consequences of her acts. Earlier the victim girl has given a complaint to the police on 22.04.2024, and the police issued acknowledgment wherein there is mention that the victim girl had love affair with the petitioner since four years, and - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:650 CRL.P No. 14945 of 2025 as the attitude of the petitioner is not proper, she intended to keep him at a distance. Subsequently the victim girl has filed a complaint against the petitioner on 22.08.2025. In the said acknowledgment dated 22.05.2024, there is no allegation of any forcible act of this petitioner having forcible sexual intercourse on her. As the charge sheet is filed, the petitioner is not required for further custodial interrogation. The petitioner is in judicial custody since 27.08.2025. 7. Considering the above aspects, the petitioner has made out a case for grant of bail with conditions. In the result, the following: ORDER i) The petition is allowed. ii) The petitioner is granted bail in Crime No.112/2025 of Subrahmanya Nagar, Police Station registered for the offences punishable under Sections 75, 78, 64, 351(2) read with Section 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:650 CRL.P No. 14945 of 2025 Sanhita, 2023 and Section 66E of Information Technology Act, 2000 subject to following conditions: a) The petitioner shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- with one surety for the like sum to the satisfaction of the jurisdictional Court. b) The petitioner shall not tamper the prosecution witnesses either directly or indirectly. c) The petitioner shall attend the Trial Court on all dates of the hearing, unless exempted and co-operate for speedy disposal of the case. Sd/- (SHIVASHANKAR AMARANNAVAR) JUDGE BKM List No.: 1 Sl No.: 1