Puneeth S/O Malatesh Agadi v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Withdrawn bail petition: Karnataka HC (Dharwad Bench), CRL.P No. 102871 of 2024, decided 10-03-2025 by Justice V. Srishananda. Petitioner Puneeth s/o Malatesh Agadi sought regular bail under S. 483 BNSS 2023 in Hulgur P.S. Crime No. 0047/2024 involving offences under S. 64 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhite 2023 and Sections 4 and 8 POCSO Act 2012, pending before Addl. District and Session Judge FTSC-I, Haveri. Second respondent Smt. Laxmi w/o Shekhar Tegannanavar (advocate Parashuram C. Sajjanar); State of Karnataka represented by HCGP Girija S. Hiremath. On counsel's memo of non-pressing, petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. Contains no discussion of facts, evidence, arguments or law and no precedent citations; not citable for any proposition on bail, POCSO or BNS offences - useful only to trace the disposal of this particular petition.
What did the court decide?
Liberty as prayed for